The severing of electricity ties to oil- and gas-rich Russia and switching to European grids is steeped in geopolitical and ...

Here’s a look at the life of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. Personal Birth date: August 30, 1954 (some sources say August 31) Birth place: Kopys, Belarus Full name: Alexander Grigorievich ...

Near a border checkpoint between Belarus and Ukraine, anti-tank spikes and concrete pyramids block what was once a bustling ...

Belarus, an ally of Russia and geographically closer to Europe and Britain than most of Russia, will reportedly be supplied with an active Oreshnik system. Despite being nuclear-capable ...

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union rejected the election in Belarus on Sunday as illegitimate ... as well as the involvement of the Belarusian regime in Russia’s war of aggression against ...

Voting started following a period of almost non-existent election fever. In the capital Minsk, there’s an almost total absence of billboards promoting the candidates and there has been little in the ...

Belarusians began voting Sunday, with President Alexander Lukashenko expected to cruise to victory unchallenged for a seventh term, prolonging his three-decade authoritarian rule. Polls opened at ...

His iron-fisted rule since 1994 — Lukashenko took office two years after the demise of the Soviet Union ... maneuver and play Russia against the West, but now when Belarus’ status is ...

Portraits of candidates are displayed on an election poster ahead of presidential elections in Minsk, Belarus ... Union — ...

He won Belarus's first democratic presidential ... lawmakers into holding a referendum on making Russian an official language, changing the flag to resemble its Soviet-era design and giving ...

Belarus's authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko moved the 2025 presidential election to January to avoid protests, ensuring a likely seventh term. Lukashenko relies heavily on Russian support ...