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by ilyak 6154 days ago
No doubt. Belarussians are very serious about informatics olympiad these days.

Their "Informatics faciltative of the Young Firefighter Club of Mazyr" team is known to beat moscow and saint-petersburg teams in north-east european informatics competition, coming third. And Mazyr a tiny city in the middle of nowhere, if you're curious.

More on this topic (in russian): http://offline.computerra.ru/2008/730/354607/

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Yeah, another interesting point about Mazyr: it's situated on Pripyat river, not far from Chernobyl.