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

Belarus, on Dec. 30, 2020. Credit: AP/Maxim Guchek Flirtation with the West, repression at home As he bargained with the Kremlin over the years for more subsidies, Lukashenko periodically tried to ...

The last time Belarus ... Lukashenko regime fears its own people,” the State Department said last week. After casting his ballot Sunday, Lukashenko told journalists he did not care whether the West ...

Belarusian authorities have released an imprisoned U.S. citizen, a Belarusian journalist for a U.S.-funded media outlet and ...

Reclusive Moscow-allied Belarus will hold a presidential election Sunday, with President Alexander Lukashenko set to cruise through to victory unchallenged for a seventh term, prolonging his three ...

Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko, who has been in power for over 30 years, is poised to extend his rule in an election that concludes Sunday and that the opposition ...

Mr Lukashenko – a 70-year ... Belarus’s last presidential election in 2020 ended with nationwide protests, with the opposition and the West saying Mr Lukashenko rigged the vote. The regime ...

The last time Belarus staged a presidential election in 2020, authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko was declared the winner with 80% of the vote. That triggered cries of fraud, months of ...

President Alexander Lukashenko has ruled Belarus ... year, Russia sent tactical nuclear weapons to the country, which borders NATO. Alexei said he wished “for there not to be a war.” The ...

The polls, broadcast on state television, suggested Lukashenko, the 70-year-old former collective farmer who has ruled Belarus with an iron fist for more than 30 years, would win a seventh term.

Belarusians began voting today, with President Alexander Lukashenko expected to cruise to victory unchallenged for a seventh term, prolonging his three-decade authoritarian rule. Lukashenko, a 70 ...

The regime's narrative has been to say that Lukashenko guaranteed peace and order in Belarus, accusing 2020 street protest leaders of sewing chaos. - 'Farce' - ...