With many of his political opponents either jailed or exiled abroad, Alexander Lukashenko, dubbed “Europe’s last dictator,” ...
The E.U. has called the election a sham, and President Alexander Lukashenko has said he’s “too busy” to even campaign.
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The country held an orchestrated election virtually guaranteed to give the 70-year-old autocrat yet another term on top of ...
Belarusian leader and Russian ally Alexander Lukashenko extended his 31-year rule on Monday after electoral officials ...
Belarus was part of the Soviet Union until its collapse in 1991. The Slavic nation of 9 million people is sandwiched between Russia and Ukraine, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland, the latter three all ...
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.
Voting started following a period of almost non-existent election fever. In the capital Minsk, there’s an almost total ...