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

Unpredictable, authoritarian and staunchly pro-Russian, Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko casts himself as a plain-spoken strongman and "president of the ordinary people". Described in the ...

Branded a terrorist by Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko’s regime for taking part in Ukraine’s fight against Russia, Vasyl Verameichyk was paraded on state-controlled television in late January ...

Belarus’ opposition activists and Western officials have denounced an orchestrated election that extended the over three-decade rule of authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko ...

Belarus autocrat Alexander Lukashenko, in power since 1994 ... And he had "no regrets" over letting his "older brother" Russian President Vladimir Putin's troops enter Ukraine through Belarus ...

Rights groups, activists and independent media in Russia and Belarus endured increased government scrutiny, repressive laws and even were shut down and forced to operate from exile abroad.

Russia "is ready to provide Minsk with the necessary assistance and take steps in order to protect the common defense space," Alexey Polishchuk said ...

"We are closely following the statements made by the Kiev regime’s representatives as well as the activities of the Ukrainian army in the border area with Belarus," Alexey Polishchuk said ...

Musk-led cuts to the US foreign aid agency have impacted rights groups, independent media, and election monitoring campaigns ...

Trump, announcing the aid freeze on his first day in office, said all foreign assistance would be evaluated as to whether it ...

The elections of the President of the republic held in Belarus on January 26 were the calmest in the entire history of their holding.