Belarusians voted on Sunday in an election set to hand President Alexander Lukashenko a seventh ... "Europe's last dictator" ...

The Russian leader Vladimir Putin submitted a treaty on security guarantees to the State Duma, which was signed in December 2024 by Russia and Belarus. It provides for the possibility of using nuclear ...

2023 [Sputnik/Alexander Demyanchuk/Pool via Reuters] Early in his presidency, Lukashenko’s foreign policy echoed the old Soviet Union’s position during the Cold War. He railed against Western ...

As an East African bloc urged an immediate ceasefire in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwandan-backed M23 rebels who ...

Belarusian leader and Russian ally Alexander Lukashenko extended his 31-year rule on Monday after electoral officials ...

Reclusive Moscow-allied Belarus will hold a presidential election Sunday, with President Alexander Lukashenko set to cruise ...

That includes NPR Charles Maynes, who covers the former Soviet Union and joins us on the ... we'll almost certainly see Alexander Lukashenko, a one-time collective farm manager, elected to a ...

Here’s a look at the life of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. Personal Birth date: August 30, 1954 (some sources say August 31) Birth place: Kopys, Belarus Full name: Alexander Grigorievich ...

Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander ... Soviet Belarus have ever known. Here's what to know about Belarus, its election and its relationship with Russia: Belarus was part of the Soviet ...

Reclusive Moscow-allied Belarus will hold a presidential election Sunday, with President Alexander ... he embraces -- Lukashenko's Belarus has retained much of the Soviet Union's traditions ...