Belaya Rus ( be, Белая Русь, Bielaja Ruś, lit=

White Rus' White Ruthenia ( cu, Бѣла Роусь, Bela Rous'; be, Белая Русь, Biełaja Ruś; pl, Ruś Biała; russian: Белая Русь, Belaya Rus'; ukr, Біла Русь, Bila Rus') alternatively known as Russia Alba, White Rus' or W ...

) is a

Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by R ...

ian public association founded on 17 November 2007 to support

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Alexander Lukashenko Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko (as transliterated from Russian language, Russian; also transliterated from Belarusian language, Belarusian as Alyaksand(a)r Ryhoravich Lukashenka;, ; rus, Александр Григорьевич Лука� ...

. Since then, the organisation's leaders have regularly announced that they are ready to become a political party. President Lukashenko neither firmly opposed the idea, nor supported it. He has made comments such as: "Well, if they are ready, let them be a party, I am not against it. On the contrary, I will support it because they are patriots. But I wouldn't advise them to hurry." The party is based on the idea of the

All-Russia People's Front The All-Russia People's Front (ONF; russian: Общероссийский народный фронт, Obshcherossiyskiy narodnyy front), is a political coalition in Russia started in 2011 by then- Prime Minister of Russia Vladimir Putin to provide ...

. It has no real ideology outside of absolute support for Lukashenko. The former minister of Education of Belarus,

Alexander Radkov Alexander Mikhailovich Radkov ( be, Аляксандр Міхайлавіч Радзькоў, born 1 July 1951) is a Belarusian politician. A former Minister of Education and Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration, he is currently leader ...

was chairman of the association from 2007 to 2018. The

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has a membership of over 180,000. Gennady Davydko, the head of the Belarusian TV and Radio Company, was elected chairman of Belaya Rus in a unanimous vote by the association's council on 19 January 2018. Belaya Rus victory parade

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* 2007 establishments in Belarus Alexander Lukashenko Political parties established in 2007 Political parties in Belarus {{Belarus-party-stub