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

Human rights groups and Belarusians say they see no signs that Alexander Lukashenko is preparing to loosen his iron grip on ...

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.

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(MENAFN- UkrinForm) By deploying Russian nuclear weapons to Belarusian territory, self-proclaimed President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko is putting his country at risk of retaliatory attack if ...

Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko is all but certain to extend his more than three decades in power in ...

Belarus’ opposition activists and Western officials have denounced an orchestrated election that extended the over three-decade rule of authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko ...

An impeachment effort fails, and Lukashenko signs a new constitution. 1997-2021 – Head of the Belarusian Olympic Committee. 1999 – Signs a treaty making Belarus a “union state” with Russia.

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