Belarusians go to the polls this weekend to vote in a presidential election that is almost certain to see incumbent Belarus President Alexander ... Lukashenko ordered the release of another 23 ...

Belarus held an orchestrated election over the weekend that the opposition and the EU rejected as a farce, extending authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko's more than three decades in power.

MINSK, Belarus — Exit polls in Belarus late Sunday showed autocrat Alexander ... The president’s political survival has relied heavily on Putin. In recent years, Lukashenko has converted ...

Belarusians are voting in a presidential election on Sunday as President Alexander Lukashenko ... Now, with his political opponents either jailed or exiled, Lukashenko’s success on Sunday ...

The smiling face of President Alexander Lukashenko ... political prisoners but warning supporters against “excessive initiative.” Opposition leader-in-exile Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, who fled ...

Belarusian leader and Russian ally Alexander Lukashenko ... organisation in Belarus, says there are still about 1,250 political prisoners in his jails though Lukashenko has freed more than 250 ...

Alexander Lukashenko is expected to extend his 31-year rule of Belarus ... ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Throughout his rule, he's relied on subsidies and political support from ...

Belarusians voted on Sunday in an election set to hand President ... Belarus having scrapped voting abroad. In the run-up to the election, the Lukashenko administration pardoned around 200 ...

Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko extended his 31-year rule with a massive win in a presidential election that Western governments have rejected as a sham, according to preliminary results on ...

Belarusians are voting in a presidential election on Sunday as President Alexander Lukashenko ... there are more than 1,200 political prisoners in the country. Lukashenko released 23 political ...

President Alexander Lukashenko has ruled Belarus since 1994 - Copyright AFP Natalia KOLESNIKOVA President Alexander Lukashenko has ruled Belarus since 1994 ...