| | Belarusian media -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21) |
 | | Belarusian media, since the days when (A landlocked republic in eastern Europe; formerly a European soviet) Belarus gained its independence, comprise state-owned and private newspapers and magazines, and state-owned radio and television. |
 | | The state-controlled media present pro- (The organization that is the governing authority of a political unit) government points of view and interpretation of events as in the (An elected governmental council in a Communist country (especially one that is a member of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)) Soviet period. |
 | | Once outside Belarus and free of fear of reprisal, most Belarusians are vocal in their discontent with the Soviet-style system that prevents free enterprise and democracy from taking root in Belarus as it has in neighboring post-Soviet countries. |
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