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 ...

Alexander Lukashenko, the autocratic leader of Belarus who claimed victory in another election derided as a sham, played a ...

Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko declared himself the winner in the country's so-called presidential elections, in ...

Election officials say Lukashenko received 86.8 percent of vote amid accusations the vote was neither free nor fair.

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 ...

Has been described as “Europe’s last dictator.” Lukashenko has maintained his country’s close political ties to Russia, restricted opposition movements and censored media. 1975-1977 ...

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

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

Rights groups, activists and independent media in Russia and Belarus endured increased ... abroad Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko has extended his more than three decades ...

Alexander Lukashenko, Europe’s longest-serving leader ... and cements his grip on the former Soviet republic, a major Russian ally that has played a key role in Moscow’s war against Ukraine ...