Alexander Lukashenko, Europe’s longest-serving leader, has extended his 31-year rule in Belarus after being declared the ...

(Reuters) -Belarusian leader and Russian ally Alexander Lukashenko extended his 31-year rule on Monday after electoral officials declared him the winner of a presidential election that Western ...

Aleksandr Lukashenko has awarded himself a seventh term as president of Belarus, with the West calling the so-called vote a ...

Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko declared himself the winner in the country's so-called presidential elections, in which zero members of the country's opposition were allowed to take part.

Belarusians are voting in a closely-managed presidential election that is all but certain to extend the one-man rule of ...

Rights groups, activists and independent media in Russia and Belarus endured increased government scrutiny, repressive laws and even were shut down and forced to operate from exile abroad.

Lukashenko has been in power since 1994 and has relied on subsidies and political support from Russian President Vladimir Putin, who also helped him survive the 2020 protests. Belarus' authoritarian ...

Putin and Lukashenko visit the Museum of Naval Glory in Kronstadt near Saint Petersburg, Russia on July 23, 2023 [Sputnik/Alexander Demyanchuk/Pool via Reuters] Early in his presidency ...

With many of his political opponents either jailed or exiled abroad, Alexander Lukashenko, dubbed “Europe’s last dictator,” is all but certain to add a seventh term.

Another, Alexander Khizhnyak ... identity and language have been gradually marginalized, in favor of Russian, as Putin and Lukashenko seek to strengthen “historical” imperial ties.

Victory “demonstrates your high political authority,” the Kremlin chief gushes about his counterpart in Minsk.

Lukashenko has been in power since 1994 Veteran leader rejects criticism over political prisoners EU and US say vote is neither free nor fair Rubio says Belarus has released US national Jan 27 ...