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1997, April 2
Belarus signed a treaty agreeing to become more closely integrated with Russia.	1
1998, July 13
The 15 nations of the EU banned 130 high-level Belarusan officials from traveling to EU countries. A response to Belarus's efforts to expel numerous foreign diplomats from its borders, the ban on officials included Belarus president Alexander Lukashenko. Belarus rescinded its diplomatic eviction order on Oct. 28.	2
Sept.–Dec
Highly dependent on Russia to import its goods—Russia buys nearly 70 percent of Belarus's exports—the economy of Belarus plummeted as a Russian recession set in.	3

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