Yes, Belarus is still the whitest country in Europe, but the situation could change in no time if the Moscow-sponsored Soviet-style government of Belarus will remain in power for the next 5 – 10 years. Because of the policies of president Lukashenko Belarus virtually is a mini-USSR. Lukashenko and Co. even resurrected the Leninist Communist Youth organization (KOMSOMOL) – Belarusian Republican... 

Ian Micallef, President ad interim of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities and a member of the Committee of the Regions, and the Council of Europe, found himself seated next to Yury Ambrazevich, Minister-Counsellor for Belarus’ Mission to European Communities, at the seminar, and the two talked quietly in between questions from the audience and while other speakers were assessing the situation...