Unpredictable, authoritarian and staunchly pro-Russian, Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko casts himself as a plain-spoken strongman and "president of the ordinary people". Described in the West ...

Alexander Lukashenko gestures while speaking to the media after voting in the presidential election in Minsk, 26 January, 2025 ...

After an election win which has been widely criticised as illegitimate, Alexander Lukashenko faced questions from the BBC's Russia editor Steve Rosenberg. No credible opponents were allowed to run ...

Self-proclaimed Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko has pardoned 23 people who supposedly "committed extremist crimes". Among them are three women and 20 men; 13 people are over 50 years old, ...

Belarusian Central Election Commission on Monday officially declared Alexander Lukashenko's victory in the latest presidential elections with 86.82 percent of the votes. For other candidates ...

In power since 1994, Alexander Lukashenko is assured of a new five-year term in a vote that the exiled opposition describes as a sham. It has called on Belarusians to tick a box that allows them ...

The Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko has won a seventh term in office in a farcical election condemned by the European Union and opposition figures. Lukashenko has ruled the former ...

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has announced that ... #MissileTest #NewMissile #UkraineThreat DeepSeek story is bad news for Nvidia and the microchip makers. It may be worse for these ...

Belarus votes in orchestrated election all but certain to extend the rule of authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko ...

Belarus autocrat Alexander Lukashenko, in power since 1994, won a seventh consecutive term in office Sunday in an election denounced by the European Union and the exiled opposition. With his ...

Europe’s longest-serving authoritarian leader, Belarus’ Alexander Lukashenko, is set to run for a seventh term on Jan. 26, 2025. And even before the first vote is counted, it can be stated ...

This file photo shows Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko (C) casting his ballot at a polling station in Minsk, Belarus, Jan. 26, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua] Belarusian Central Election Commission ...