Belarus' 2020 election, which was also called a sham by dissenters, triggered months of unprecedented protests in the country. Lukashenko has been in power since 1994 and has relied on subsidies ...

“The trauma of the 2020 protests was so deep that Lukashenko ... The European Union rejected the election in Belarus on Sunday as illegitimate and threatened new sanctions.

Aleksandr G. Lukashenko, Belarus’s autocratic president and Russia’s closest ally, has taken steps to soften his country’s ...

President Aleksandar Vučić said the protesters were backed by Western countries he did not name, and said they wanted to ...

“The people of Belarus had no choice ... of Belarus after he used his security forces to crush mass protests following the last election in 2020, when Western governments backed Tsikhanouskaya ...

Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko is on track to extend his more than three decades in power with 87.6 percent of the vote in a presidential election, according to an exit poll broadcast on state ...

Roman Protasevich, founder of the social media news channel NEXTA, played a crucial role in the anti-Lukashenko protests in Belarus. The mother of Belarusian blogger Roman Protasevich, who was ...

Officials say that Russia and Belarus will hold a joint military exercise in September, part of efforts by the two neighbors ...

Although official figures said Lukashenko won by a landslide in 2020, Tsikhanouskaya claimed victory and spearheaded huge protests ... the West recognizes Belarus’ election or not.

Alexander Lukashenko will soon begin his seventh term as president of Belarus. The official result of the 26 January election gave him 86.8 per cent of the vote, following an election held in a ...

Aleksandr Lukashenko, who has held power in Belarus since 1994, ran for president for the seventh time. The previous presidential election in 2020 sparked the largest protests in Belarus’s history.

Don't give a damn' The EU and the US both said they did not acknowledge him as the legitimate leader of Belarus after he used his security forces to crush mass protests after the last election in ...