A presidential election will take place in Belarus on Sunday. Afterward, the election commission is expected to announce that the 70-year-old Alexander Lukashenko has been elected for a seventh term.

President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko, a close ally of Russia’s leader, Vladimir V. Putin, has been making signs of reaching out ...

Wearing a black beanie hat and glasses, Belarusian engineer Vladimir Labanov said he will cast his vote this weekend for the ...

January 2025 in Belarus is not one of them. Drive around Minsk and you'll see no big billboards promoting the portraits of ...

President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus pardoned 15 prisoners ahead of an election he is expected to win, despite widespread criticism. Opposition groups and EU representatives have called the vote ...

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko pardoned 15 prisoners on Friday in what state media called a humanitarian gesture, ...

Amnesty International urged Friday Belarusian authorities to end their cycle of repression in light of the upcoming presidential election on January 26, 2025. The human rights organization claims ...

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko freed eight political prisoners Friday, in what his press office called an "act of mercy" ahead of elections set to extend his grip on power.

Belarus is on the brink of extending the 30-year rule of its authoritarian leader, President Alexander Lukashenko, who is poised to secure a seventh term in a presidential election slated for January ...

The last time Belarus staged a presidential election in 2020, authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko was declared the ...

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The Ukraine war is about Russia's national security and not about oil prices, the Kremlin said on Friday after U.S. Donald ...