The acclamation of Alexander Lukashenko as Belarus president for a seventh straight term was confirmed on January 26. The ...

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With many of his political opponents either jailed or exiled abroad, Alexander Lukashenko, dubbed “Europe’s last dictator,” ...

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Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko, who has been in power for over 30 years, is poised to extend his rule in an election that concludes Sunday and that the opposition dismisses as a ...

Britain and Canada have imposed sanctions targeting the regime of Belarus' dictator president, Alexander Lukashenko, ...

Belarus concludes its presidential election on Sunday, but the winner is already beyond doubt. The outcome has been consistent for the past 30 years. Since 1994, one man's name — Alexander ...

The Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko has won a seventh term in office in a farcical election condemned by the European Union and opposition figures. Lukashenko has ruled the former ...

Belarus strongman Alexander Lukashenko, in power since 1994, won a seventh consecutive term in office in an election denounced by the European Union and the exiled opposition. With his opponents ...