Longtime Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko has been declared winner of a disputed presidential election, securing a seventh straight term, according to the country’s electoral body.

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Polls opened across the country at 8am (05:00 GMT) and will stay open until 8pm (17:00 GMT). Belarus operates on a simple majority system, where citizens vote for the head of state and the ...

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MINSK, 22 January (BelTA) - The potential of trade and economic cooperation between Belarus and Serbia is significant in various areas: from supplies of Belarusian dairy products and timber ...

A close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, he allowed Moscow to use Belarus as a launchpad for its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 - and paid the price in the form of ...

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Vladimir Putin didn’t need to launch an invasion to put a stranglehold on Belarus. From using the country as a launchpad for his full-scale invasion of Ukraine to stashing Russian nuclear weapons on ...

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The elder Lukashenko has ruled the country for 30 years, and an early presidential election is scheduled to be held in Belarus on January 26. Nikolai Lukashenko first appeared in public in 2008 at ...