Alexander Lukashenko, the autocratic leader of Belarus who claimed victory in another election derided as a sham, played a ...

Europe’s longest-serving leader won re-election in a contest widely believe to have been rigged. The result cements the power ...

The leader of the Belarusian opposition in exile, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, marches in Warsaw, Poland, to protest the ...

At the same time, Lukashenko started reaching out to the West, for instance, in 2008 and 2015 ordering the release of political prisoners, after which the European Union (EU) in turn lifted some ...

Belarusian autocrat Alexander Lukashenko, 70, is seeking reelection for a seventh term. What do Belarusians expect from the ...

President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko, a close ally of Russia’s leader, Vladimir V. Putin, has been making signs of reaching out to the West. He is all but certain to win an election on Sunday.

Wearing a black beanie hat and glasses, Belarusian engineer Vladimir Labanov said he will cast his vote this weekend for the man that has led his Moscow-allied country since long before he was born: ...

"All these five people who are participating, it's like a fan club of Lukashenko." Those not in the fan club are either too afraid to speak out or have already been silenced by lengthy jail terms.

with executions carried out with a gunshot to the back of the head. As he bargained with the Kremlin over the years for more subsidies, Lukashenko periodically tried to appease the West by easing ...

Lukashenko Seeks Easing of Belarus Isolation as He Extends His Long Rule By Mark Trevelyan (Reuters) - Five candidates' names will appear on the ballot for a presidential election in Belarus on ...

With many of his political opponents either jailed or exiled abroad, the 70-year-old Lukashenko is back on the ballot, and ...