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Lukashenko sweeps to victory in Belarus

Lukashenko sweeps to victory in Belarus after stage-managed election

Alexander Lukashenko, Europe’s longest-serving leader, has extended his 31-year rule in Belarus after being declared the winner of a presidential election that his exiled opponents and Western countries have denounced as a sham.

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What another Lukashenko ‘victory’ will mean for Europe’s security – and that of Belarus’ citizenry

Europe’s longest-serving authoritarian leader, Belarus’ Alexander Lukashenko, is set to run for a seventh term on Jan. 26, 2025. And even before the first vote is counted, it can be stated with a fair degree of confidence that he will prevail.

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Lukashenko heads for massive win in Belarus election scorned by the West

As an East African bloc urged an immediate ceasefire in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwandan-backed M23 rebels who seized the city of Goma extended their advance on Wednesday, and Congo said it planned a campaign to recover lost territory.

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‘Europe’s Last Dictator’ Wields the Ax

Last week, a man at an automobile plant said that he hadn’t been following an election campaign very closely because he’d ...

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Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko re-elected in vote decried as 'sham' by opposition, Western leaders

Many Western leaders are decrying Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko's re-election victory Sunday, calling it a sham ...

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Putin Ally Lukashenko Projected to Secure Unsurprising 7th Term in Belarus

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko is projected to take victory in the virtually uncontested election by a greater ...

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Lukashenko: Europe’s ‘last dictator’ predictably ‘re-elected’

According to the official result, Alexander Lukashenko received a resounding victory in Belarus with 87 percent of the vote. But no one really believes it. Five years after widespread protests ...

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Lukashenko's 31-Year Reign Endures Amid Controversial Election

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, a longtime ally of Vladimir Putin, claims victory with 87.6% of the vote in a ...

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'Europe's last dictator' bags SEVENTH term with 88% of Belarus Presidential election vote: Putin's pal Lukashenko cruises to victory (after jailing or exiling leading ...

The Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko has won a seventh term in ... She has condemned today's election as a 'farce'. Europe's so-called 'last dictator' has only tightened his grip on ...

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Lukashenko: Before 2025 election, ‘still afraid of the people’

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko delivers a ... balance than its neighbours and even parts of Western Europe. Throughout, Lukashenko has tried to cultivate an affectionate, ...

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PACE rejects legitimacy of Belarusian leader

The Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has stated that the so-called presidential "elections" in Belarus on 26 January 2025 do not meet international standards and that there are ...

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