Belarus is undergoing perhaps its most serious political crisis since independence. This eastern European country of nearly 10 million has been ruled by President Alyaksandr Lukashenka since 1994. The ...

TALLINN, Estonia — Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko was sworn in Tuesday to a seventh term, and he mocked those who derided him as “Europe’s last dictator” by saying ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday he is sure the problems that have emerged in Belarus after the presidential ... have castigated the ongoing turmoil and demanded that these ...

From unrest in Belarus and Kyrgyzstan to the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict, WSJ explores how the crises unfolding in Russia’s backyard mark a turning point in Vladimir Putin’s rule and put him ...

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya told Euronews that although the protest movement in Belarus has gone mostly ... over 50,000 people have been detained on political grounds after mass protests broke ...

"President [of Belarus Alexander] Lukashenko made it clear that the way out of the current situation could be launching a constitutional reform." This political ... the ongoing turmoil and ...

MINSK, 27 March (BelTA) – China and Belarus, being all-weather and all-round strategic partners, provide each other with mutual political support and demonstrate a high level of coordination in ...

Lukashenko marked three decades in power last year, and his political opponents have denounced the tightly orchestrated Jan. 26 election as a farce. The Belarus Central Election Commission ...