{"id":346205,"date":"2025-09-13T16:48:45","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T11:18:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=346205"},"modified":"2025-09-13T16:48:45","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T11:18:45","slug":"belarus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/belarus\/","title":{"rendered":"Belarus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>News:<\/b> Russia and Belarus launched the joint military exercise Zapad-2025 near NATO borders, involving drills in Belarus, Russia, and the Baltic region.<\/p>\n<h2>About Belarus<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_346206\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-346206\" style=\"width: 328px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-346206\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Source-Britannica.jpg?resize=328%2C301&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"328\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Source-Britannica.jpg?resize=300%2C275&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Source-Britannica.jpg?resize=768%2C705&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Source-Britannica.jpg?w=904&amp;ssl=1 904w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 328px) 100vw, 328px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-346206\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; Britannica<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Location:<\/strong> Belarus is a <\/span><b>landlocked Eastern European country<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Bordering countries:<\/strong> It is bordered by <strong>Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania, and Latvia.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Capital<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Minsk.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Languages<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Belarusian (24%, official), Russian (70%, official).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ethnic Belarusians form three-fourths of the population.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Relief<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Predominantly <strong>flat<\/strong> lowlands with <strong>forest cover (~40%).<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <\/span><b>Bia\u0142owie\u017ca Forest<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> is a <strong>UNESCO World Heritage site<\/strong>.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Rivers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: <strong>Dnieper<\/strong> basin dominates; <strong>Mukhavyets<\/strong> drains into the Bug River.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Climate<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Cool <strong>continental<\/strong> with Atlantic influence.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Independent since <\/span><b>1991<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, formerly part of the Soviet Union (Belorussia).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Zapad-2025 Exercise<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Launched on September 12, 2025, the Russia-Belarus joint military drills simulate repelling attacks and restoring territorial integrity, involving troops, naval deployments in the Baltic and Barents seas, and coalition forces.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Geostrategic Role<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Belarus is a close <strong>Russian ally<\/strong>, forming the <\/span><b>Union State<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> with Moscow. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Borders NATO States<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Poland, Lithuania, and Latvia have tightened border controls amid tensions.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><b>Significance<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Belarus serves <\/span><b>as Russia\u2019s western frontier<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, a buffer <\/span><b>against NATO expansion,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and a <\/span><b>critical participant in regional security<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, energy transit, and military cooperation.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Russia and Belarus launched the joint military exercise Zapad-2025 near NATO borders, involving drills in Belarus, Russia, and the Baltic region. About Belarus Location: Belarus is a landlocked Eastern European country. Bordering countries: It is bordered by Russia, Ukraine, Poland, Lithuania, and Latvia. Capital: Minsk.\u00a0 Languages: Belarusian (24%, official), Russian (70%, official). Ethnic Belarusians&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/belarus\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Belarus<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10393,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,12039,11211],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-346205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-knolls","category-places-in-news","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10393"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=346205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346205\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=346205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=346205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=346205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}