Belarus (i/bɛləˈruːs/ bel-ə-ROOSS; Belarusian: Белару́сь Bielaruś  pronounced [bʲɛlaˈrusʲ]; Russian: Белару́сь, Респу́блика Беларусь Belarus’, Respublika Belarus’), officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe bordered by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west,…