Belarusians voted on Sunday in an election set to hand President Alexander Lukashenko a seventh ... "Europe's last dictator" -- a nickname he embraces -- Lukashenko's Belarus has retained much of the ...

Kazakhstan, the region’s largest economy, has condemned the invasion, refused to recognise Russia’s territorial gains and made an effort to demonstrate compliance with western sanctions. Neighbouring ...

2023 [Sputnik/Alexander Demyanchuk/Pool via Reuters] Early in his presidency, Lukashenko’s foreign policy echoed the old Soviet Union’s position during the Cold War. He railed against Western ...

Belarus autocrat Alexander Lukashenko, in power since 1994 ... who was 39 when he won the first national election after Belarus gained independence from the Soviet Union. Criticism of the strongman is ...

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 ...

MAYNES: Yeah, you know, as you noted, we'll almost certainly see Alexander Lukashenko, a one-time collective farm manager, elected to a seventh term in office. That's extending a rule that began way ...

The dictator of Belarus has cast his vote in an election that is all but certain to extend his three-decade grip on power until 2030. Alexander Lukashenko, 70, took his small dog, Umka, along as he ...

The last time Belarus staged a presidential election in 2020, authoritarian leader Alexander ... people in post-Soviet Belarus have ever known. Belarus was part of the Soviet Union until its ...

Belarusian leader and Russian ally Alexander Lukashenko extended his 31-year rule on Monday after electoral officials declared him the winner of a presidential election Western governments rejected as ...

Reclusive Moscow-allied Belarus will hold a presidential election Sunday, with President Alexander Lukashenko set ...

Another, Alexander Khizhnyak, called Lukashenko “the right choice ... When the country was part of the Soviet Union, candidates would regularly receive 99 percent of the vote.