Belarusians voted on Sunday in an election set to hand President Alexander Lukashenko a seventh ... "Europe's last dictator" ...

The Russian leader Vladimir Putin submitted a treaty on security guarantees to the State Duma, which was signed in December 2024 by Russia and Belarus. It provides for the possibility of using nuclear ...

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 ...

Belarusian leader and Russian ally Alexander Lukashenko extended his 31-year rule on Monday after electoral officials ...

As an East African bloc urged an immediate ceasefire in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwandan-backed M23 rebels who ...

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

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 ...

That includes NPR Charles Maynes, who covers the former Soviet Union and joins us on the ... we'll almost certainly see Alexander Lukashenko, a one-time collective farm manager, elected to a ...

Reclusive Moscow-allied Belarus will hold a presidential election Sunday, with President Alexander ... he embraces -- Lukashenko's Belarus has retained much of the Soviet Union's traditions ...

Belarusians began voting Sunday, with President Alexander Lukashenko expected to cruise ... Belarus since it gained independence from the Soviet Union. Criticism of the strongman is banned ...