a landlocked republic in eastern Europe; formerly a European soviet

a country that borders Russia to the west; Belarus is northeast of the Ukraine and south of Lithuania and Latvia.

Like the other former Soviet Union states, Belarus's web links focus on business, hoping to attract foreign investment. There's an excellent site that offers complete " Byelorussian Legislation for Businessmen "; it has not only their complete tax statutes, but customs and banking laws and lots of other relevant information.

The high risk profile of a country's economic and political environment will further worsen further a generally very bad payment record.