Belarus election: how ‘Europe’s last dictator’ held onto power as his opponents were jailed or exiled
The acclamation of Alexander Lukashenko as Belarus president for a seventh straight term was confirmed on January 26. The ...
Belarus strongman wins a 7th term in an election the opposition calls a farce
Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko is all but certain to extend his more than three decades in power in ...
Belarus votes in orchestrated election all but certain to extend the rule of authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko
Belarus votes in orchestrated election all but certain to extend the rule of authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko ...
Belarus’s Alexander Lukashenko set to extend his 30-year rule
The E.U. has called Sunday’s election a sham. Lukashenko, running virtually unopposed, said he was “too busy” to even campaign.
Sky10d
Polls close in Belarus - with Alexander Lukashenko set to extend 30-year presidential rule
Alexander Lukashenko is expected to extend his 31-year rule of Belarus with 87.6% of the vote in Sunday's presidential election, according to an exit poll. Officials said turnout was 81.5% in the ...
Al Jazeera English9d
Alexander Lukashenko wins seventh straight term in ‘sham’ Belarus election
Longtime Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko has been declared ... “You can congratulate the Republic of Belarus, we have elected a president,” Igor Karpenko, head of the commission ...
France 2411d
Belarus votes in election poised to extend decades-long rule of Alexander Lukashenko
When Alexander Lukashenko emerged victorious from Belarus's presidential election in 2020, protesters came out on the streets to accuse him of election fraud and call for his resignation.
Independent.ie9d
Belarus dictator Alexander Lukashenko predicted to get 87pc of vote in election to extend 31-year rule
‘I don’t give damn about the West,’ leader says after EU and US brand vote a ‘sham’ Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko ... Vladimir Putin has led Belarus since 1994.