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What do the Belarusians drive? Chinese cars dominate

BelGee, currently the most popular car in Belarus. Photo: Wikimedia Commons, CC
BelGee, currently the most popular car in Belarus. Photo: Wikimedia Commons, CC

According to official statistics from the end of last year, one in three Belarusians owns a car. This means that in a country of nine million people, there are almost 3.1 million passenger cars registered. And this number is growing every year, despite Western sanctions prohibiting the import of many types of cars into Belarus (and Russia). How is this possible?