Belarus is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe bordered by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital and most populous city is Minsk. Over 40% of its 207,600 square kilometres (80,200 sq mi) is forested. It was part of the Soviet Union until it broke up in 1991. It has been under the rule of President Alexander Lukashenko, the longest serving president in Europe, since 1994.
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