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Belarus: Relations with Russia and the Union State

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008 @ 21:13 UTC

by Vilhelm Konnander

Countries:: Belarus, Russia
Topics:: International Relations, Politics
Languages:: Russian

Glavred user ringo analyses (RUS) relations between Belarus and Russia and the situation with the issue of the Union State of Belarus and Russia.

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