Military manpower-availability: males age 15-49: 2,681,014 (1998 est.)
Military manpower-fit for military service: males: 2,099,860 (1998 est.)
Military manpower-reaching military age annually: males: 78,780 (1998 est.)
Military expenditures-dollar figure: 4.5 trillion rubles (1997 est.); note-conversion of defense expenditures into US dollars using the current exchange rate could produce misleading results
Military expenditures-percent of GDP: 1.3% (1997 est.)
@Belarus:Transnational Issues
Disputes-international: demarcation has begun on border with Lithuania
Illicit drugs: limited cultivation of opium poppy and cannabis, mostly for the domestic market; transshipment point for illicit drugs to Russia and Western Europe
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