All of Lukashenko's opponents are in prison or in exile. On the streets of Minsk, imposing Soviet-era buildings -- covered in posters for the election with Lukashenko's face -- leave no doubt as ...

There are times in history when countries are gripped by election fever. January 2025 in Belarus is not one of them. Drive around Minsk and you'll see no big billboards promoting the portraits of ...

Aleksandr Lukashenko was first elected President of Belarus 31 years ago: on July 10th, 1994. On the air of SBTV’s Letuchka ...

Today is exactly two days since the death of political prisoner, famous Belarusian artist Ales Pushkin. On July 11, 2023, he ...

President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko, a close ally of Russia’s leader, Vladimir V. Putin, has been making signs of reaching out to the West. He is all but certain to win an election on Sunday.

Imprisoned Belarus activist resurfaces He was last heard from in February 2023. Since then, authorities haven't released any information about his condition and barred his lawyer from visits.

Lukashenko has been the president of Belarus for six consecutive terms since 1994 and seeks another five years in office. Yet, speaking in church Tuesday on Orthodox Christmas, he said he was ...

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko appeared in public on Tuesday and dismissed talk he was seriously ill, telling officials, "I'm not going to die, guys," according to a video shown by a state ...

Belarus has scheduled its presidential election for Jan. 26, a move that is almost certain to extend the long-standing rule of authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko.. The timing of this ...

I’m going to tell you how the people in charge of my country made the truth a crime. Alexander Lukashenko, Belarus’s longtime president, has spent about three decades destroying our country ...

Lukashenko may be in power in Minsk, but after 2020, it's really Putin calling most of the shots. HUANG: And Charles, like, what is the view of the U.S. and other Western countries on all of this?