Other parts of it. But on top of ukraine, between ukraine and the baltic states, is the large and still quite soviet country of belarus. Belarus did become an independent country when the soviet union collapsed in 1991. They established a new form of government. They constituted themselves as the republic of belarus. They held an election for president of that republic for the first time in 1994. In that first election in 1994, they picked this guy, alexander lukashenko, to be their first ever president. Again, they picked him in 1994. He is still there today. I say that belarus is kind of soviet because belarus is often described as europes last dictatorship, and he is the dictator. But belarus is both effectively a dictatorship and also nominally its a republic. It is a place that holds elections. And those two things may seem contrary, that you would be a dictatorship but also one that holds elections. But in practice, those two things often come together. I mean if you think about
Washington with more, hi, garrett. Hey, oh good afternoon, lawmakers tell us there hasnt been any Real Progress to end shutdown and some are expect to go drag on for at least another week or two. Capitol hill has essentially been a ghost town the last couple of days with both sides digging in and new congress on wednesday, most lawmakers headed home and leaving it up to leadership to work out a deal but so far Democratic Leaders refusing to negotiate with white house and white house blaming squarely on nancy pelosi. Not enough time spent securing our border and while she may have the votes, its a thin majority if she does and shes not going to cut any deal with republicans until she has that speakership secured. Democrats are expected to attempt to move a bill to fund the government next week after they elect a new speaker on wednesday. That bill is not expected to include funding for the president s wall, though, which is why a number of Top Republicans expect shutdown to last for a w
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