After more than three years in a Belarus prison, RFE/RL journalist Andrey Kuznechyk says a "weight has been lifted" from his ...

Human rights groups and Belarusians say they see no signs that Alexander Lukashenko is preparing to loosen his iron grip on ...

Aleksandr Lukashenko has awarded himself a seventh term as president of Belarus, with the West calling the so-called vote a sham and introducing additional sanctions. Belarusian political observer ...

Aleksandr Lukashenko has awarded himself a seventh term as president of Belarus, with the West calling the so-called vote a sham and introducing additional sanctions. Belarusian political observer ...

Belarusian President and presidential candidate Alexander Lukashenko casts his ballot during Belarus’ presidential election at a polling station in the capital Minsk on January 26, 2025. Natalia ...

During Thatcher’s 1983 election campaign, Walden cut short a drinking session with his colleagues to help her rewrite the last party political broadcast before polling day, something Burley adds was a ...

Putin has also deployed Russian tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus. Ukraine's Foreign Ministry said Lukashenko's re-election had been "transformed into a political show for a single person. An ...

The country holds nearly 1,300 political prisoners, including Nobel Peace Prize ... Oleg Gaidukevich, head of the Liberal Democratic Party, supported Lukashenko in 2020 and urged fellow candidates to ...

It said that 43 are in prison. Since July, Lukashenko released around 250 people who rights activists say were jailed for political reasons. At a more than four-hour press conference after he cast ...

Putin has also deployed Russian tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus. Despite Lukashenko's denial, opponents and political analysts interpret his prisoner pardons as a move to start repairing ties ...

Belarusian President and presidential candidate Alexander Lukashenko visits a polling station during the presidential election in Minsk, Belarus Jan 26, 2025. [Photo/Agencies] MINSK -- Incumbent ...

The E.U. has called Sunday’s election a sham. Lukashenko, running virtually unopposed, said he was “too busy” to even campaign.