After seven decades as a constituent republic of the USSR, Belarus attained its independence in 1991. It has retained closer political and economic ties to Russia than have any of the other former Soviet republics. Belarus and Russia signed a treaty on a two-state union on 8 December 1999 envisioning greater political and economic integration. Although Belarus agreed to a framework to carry out the accord, serious implementation has yet to take place. Since his election in July 1994 as the country's first and only directly elected president, Aleksandr LUKASHENKO has steadily consolidated his power through authoritarian means and a centralized economic system. Government restrictions on political and civil freedoms, freedom of speech and the press, peaceful assembly, and religion have remained in place. The situation was somewhat aggravated after security services cracked down on mass protests challenging election results in the capital, Minsk, following the 2010 presidential election, but little protest occurred after the 2015 election.
Belarus is a presidential republic in name, although in fact a dictatorship.
Source: CIA World Factbook
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Displaying 31 - 35 of 70Decree No. 27 of State Property Committee validating the Regulation on cadastre valuation of urban land and agricultural land of horticulture and gardening cooperatives and updating its data.
This Decree establishes the modalities of cadastre valuation of agricultural land and updating its data related to plots of agricultural land allotted for urban and peri-urban agriculture to horticulture and gardening cooperatives, and also the land or urban areas. Cadastre valuation of agricultural land shall be conducted on 1 July of the year of performance of cadastre valuation. Cadastre valuation of the aforesaid land categories shall be performed by initiative of State Property Committee at least once in 4 years.
Decree No. 89 of the Ministry of Public Health validating Sanitary rules and regulations on ensuring radioactive security in the process of performance of work in areas with radioactive contamination.
These Sanitary rules and regulations shall ensure radioactive security in the process of performance of work in areas with radioactive contamination and radiation control in the aforesaid areas. State sanitary supervision related to compliance with the provisions set forth by this regulation shall be performed in accordance with the modalities envisaged by the acting legislation. Authorization for work in the area of Chernobyl atomic power station shall be issued in the presence of sanitary certificate for handling sources of ionizing radiation issued by state sanitary supervision bodies.
Decree No. 17/1 of the Ministry of Public Health validating the Regulation on maximum permissible concentration rates of oil products (petrochemicals) in land and soil.
This Decree establishes maximum permissible concentration rates of oil products (petrochemicals) in land and soil for different land and soil categories.
Presidential Decree No. 671 on certain aspect of expropriation and allocation of land.
This Presidential Decree regulates certain aspects of expropriation and allocation of land to legal persons and individual entrepreneurs in Minsk and regional cities for construction in cases where there are no land use planning projects and where tender for leasehold concessions is not required by law. Applicants must: (a) specify the purpose of the lease and the location and approximate size of the plot of land; (b) demonstrate the property right to the land plot; and (c) provide banking instructions. The city council shall examine each application within ten days of its submittal.
Decree No. 7 of the Chief Sanitary Inspector validating hygienic requirements for the contents of phenanthrene, Tilt Fungicide and cadmium in soil.
This Decree establishes hygienic requirements for the contents of phenanthrene, Tilt Fungicide and cadmium in soil calculated in mg/kg of soil. It establishes maximum allowable concentration and approximate allowable concentration. It also establishes limiting factors such as phytotoxicity.
Implements: Law No. 1982-XII of 1992 on protection of the environment. (1992-11-26)
Implements: Law on sanitary and epidemiological well-being of the population. (2000-05-23)