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Belarus Armed Forces: Land Force, Air and Air Defense Force, Special Operations Force (2011) Military service age and obligation
18-27 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript service obligation - 12-18 months, depending on academic qualifications (2010) Manpower available for military service
Males age 16-49 2,401,785
Females age 16-49 2,429,653 (2010 est.) Manpower fit for military service
Males age 16-49 1,693,626
Females age 16-49 2,012,401 (2010 est.) Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually
Male 51,855
Female 48,760 (2010 est.) Military expenditures World Ranking: 100
1.4% of GDP (2005 est.)
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After seven decades as a constituent republic of the USSR, Belarus attained its independence in 1991. It has retained closer political and economic ties to Russia than any of the other former Soviet republics. Belarus and Russia signed a treaty on a two-state union on 8 December 1999 envisioning greater political and economic integration. Although Belarus agreed to a framework to carry out the accord, serious implementation has yet to take place. Since his election in July 1994 as the country's first president, Aleksandr LUKASHENKO has steadily consolidated his power through authoritarian means. Government restrictions on freedom of speech and the press, peaceful assembly, and religion remain in place.