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Belarus election: 'There is no alternative to Lukashenko'
January 2025 in Belarus is not one of them. Drive around Minsk and you'll see no big billboards promoting the portraits of candidates. There is little campaigning. The grey skies and sleet of a Belarusian winter add to an overriding sense of inactivity.
President Alexander Lukashenko votes in Belarus election
The 70-year-old strongman, who has been ruling the country of 9 million since 1994, is all but certain to win a seventh five-year term.
Belarusian President Lukashenko expects 'some kind of resolution' in Ukraine in 2025
Speaking to journalists after casting his ballot in the presidential election Sunday, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko stressed that Belarus wants peace in Ukraine.
Lukashenko says critics 'chose' prison as Belarus holds election scorned by West
MINSK (Reuters) -Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko said on Sunday that some of his political opponents had "chosen" to go to prison as he cast his vote in a election that was set to extend his 31-year rule.
Belarus holds election with President Lukashenko all but certain to win
A man casts his ballot at a polling station in Minsk during early voting in presidential election, 25 January, 2025
Belarus: Lukashenko poised for 'farce' election victory
Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko is set to cruise to victory after more than 30 years in power. Sunday's presidential election has been slammed as a sham, with his rivals broadly seen as government stooges.
West cries foul over Belarus election as Lukashenko eyes seventh term
Belarusians voted on Sunday in an election that was set to hand another five years in power to President Alexander Lukashenko, a close ally of Russia's Vladimir Putin.
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Lukashenko's health woes raise questions ahead of election
Alexander Lukashenko will soon turn 71. The Belarusian dictator is expected to win another manipulated presidential election ...
Belarus votes in orchestrated election all but certain to extend the rule of authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko
Belarus votes in orchestrated election all but certain to extend the rule of authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko ...
Polls Open In Belarus With Lukashenko Set To Extend 30-year Rule
Belarusians began voting on Sunday, with President Alexander Lukashenko expected to cruise to victory unchallenged for a seventh term, prolonging his three-decade authoritarian rule.
Putin's Closest Ally Attacks Donald Trump
Alexander Lukashenko, the president of Belarus, has criticized Trump's inauguration speech, the executive orders he signed, ...
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Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko under fire
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko, Europe's longest-serving ruler, is facing unprecedented opposition to his power. The 66-year-old former Soviet farm boss claimed a sixth term as president ...
Belarus will ‘elect’ a dictator again. But the fight for freedom is not over
Though Alexander Lukashenko will win another sham election this weekend, the West still needs to stand with the country’s ...
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Belarus president says Jews got the world to ‘bow before them’ after the Holocaust
(JTA) — In a speech about raising awareness of Nazi war crimes against Belarusian citizens, President Alexander ... timed to Belarus’ independence day, Lukashenko warned against revisionism ...
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Lukashenko seeks easing of Belarus isolation as he extends his long rule
In power since 1994, Alexander ... Belarus. If the war were to end - something incoming U.S. President Donald Trump has promised to bring about quickly - then political analysts expect ...
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Belarus shows first glimpse of jailed Lukashenko rival in nearly two years
(Reuters) - Jailed Belarusian politician Viktor Babariko, who was arrested while trying to run in a 2020 election against President Alexander Lukashenko, has been allowed to send a message to ...
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Berlin Says Belarusians Had 'No Choice' In Election
Germany's Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said Sunday that Belarus's voters had "no choice" in elections widely expected to be won by ruling autocrat Alexander Lukashenko.