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Some fun facts about Belarus: - 51.2% of Belarusians are employed by state-controlled companies. - Political opponents have been violently suppressed - Per c
by wyck 13y ago
Some fun facts about Belarus:
- 51.2% of Belarusians are employed by state-controlled companies.
- Political opponents have been violently suppressed
- Per capita income $6.8k
- A fifth of Belarusian land (principally farmland and forests in the southeastern provinces) continues to be affected by radiation fallout from Chernobyl
- jvm 13y agoIt's fairly accurate to think of it as a place that has tried as hard as possible not to move away from the Soviet economic/social/political model.