Alexander Lukashenko will soon turn 71. The Belarusian dictator is expected to win another manipulated presidential election in the country on Sunday. However, there are increasing reports about his ...

Europe’s longest-serving authoritarian leader, Belarus’ Alexander Lukashenko, is set to run for a seventh term ... while increasing the military pressure on NATO countries. In 2020, Freedom House’s ...

The acclamation of Alexander Lukashenko as Belarus president for a seventh straight term was confirmed on January 26. The ...

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko warned on Sunday that the recent return to office of his US counterpart Donald Trump could create “problems” for Europe, rather than for Belarus.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, nicknamed "Europe's last ... Newsweek reached out by email on Sunday morning to the White House, Russian foreign ministry and Belarusian foreign ministry ...

MINSK, Belarus — Exit polls in Belarus late Sunday showed autocrat Alexander Lukashenko taking 87.6 percent of the vote in a presidential race denounced by the European Union as a “sham” and ...

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.

In power since 1994, Alexander Lukashenko is assured of a new five-year term in a vote that the exiled opposition describes as a sham. It has called on Belarusians to tick a box that allows them ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Belarus has opened early voting for a presidential election set to cement Alexander Lukashenko’s grip on ...

Europe’s longest-serving authoritarian leader, Belarus’ Alexander Lukashenko, is set to run ... In 2020, Freedom House’s Global Freedom Score for Belarus stood at 19/100, already reflecting ...