2023 [Sputnik/Alexander Demyanchuk/Pool via Reuters] Early in his presidency, Lukashenko’s foreign policy echoed the old Soviet Union’s position during the Cold War. He railed against Western ...

Alexander Lukashenko has, to date, been the only leader of Belarus since the dissolution of the Soviet Union Authoritarian Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko has secured another victory in an ...

Belarusian leader and Russian ally Alexander Lukashenko extended his 31-year rule on Monday after electoral officials declared him the winner of a presidential election Western governments rejected as a sham.

Reclusive Moscow-allied Belarus will hold a presidential election Sunday, with President Alexander Lukashenko set to cruise through to victory unchallenged for a seventh term, prolonging his three-decade authoritarian rule.

Belarusians voted on Sunday in an election set to hand President Alexander Lukashenko ... nickname he embraces -- Lukashenko's Belarus has retained much of the Soviet Union's traditions and ...

Belarus autocrat Alexander Lukashenko, in power since 1994 ... election after Belarus gained independence from the Soviet Union. Criticism of the strongman is banned. Most people AFP spoke ...

Belarusians began voting on Sunday, with President Alexander Lukashenko expected to cruise ... since it gained independence from the Soviet Union. Criticism of the strongman is banned in Belarus.

Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko is all but certain to extend his more than three decades in power in Sunday’s election that is rejected by the opposition as a farce after years o

Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko, who has been in power for over 30 years, is poised to extend his rule in an election that concludes Sunday and that the opposition dismisses as a

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took the stand during his corruption trial Monday in Tel Aviv, defending himself against two aides after failing to get the hearing delayed.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has won a seventh term, promising order and stability while dismissing Western criticism Belarus