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.

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

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.

Newsweek has contacted the Russian and Belarusian foreign ministries for comment by email. Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko shake hands at the summit of the heads of state of the ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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

In power since 1994, Alexander Lukashenko is assured of a new five ... term against the backdrop of likely peace talks to end the Russia-Ukraine war. A close ally of Russian President Vladimir ...

Candidate Alexander Khizhnyak, head of the Republican Party of ... twisting his arm next to a ballot box. Increasing ...