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.

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

Aleksandr Lukashenko has awarded himself a seventh term as president of Belarus, with the West calling the so-called vote a ...

Belarusian strongman Alexander Lukashenko has been in power for more than 30 years and just won another election widely ...

Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko is all but certain to extend his more than three decades in power in ...

In Belarus, strongman leader Alexander Lukashenko, has been in power for more than 30 years. Over the weekend, Lukashenko participated in his seventh election claiming to have won decisively. The ...

The smiling face of President Alexander Lukashenko gazed out from campaign ... this North Korea-style election ties the Belarusian leader to the Kremlin even stronger, shortening the leash ...

Belarus votes in orchestrated election all but certain to extend the rule of authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko TALLINN, Estonia -- Belarus votes in orchestrated election all but certain to ...

(Vitaly Pivovarchyk/BelTA Pool Photo via AP, File) The smiling face of President Alexander Lukashenko ... Opposition leader-in-exile Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, who fled Belarus under government ...

Alexander Lukashenko, the autocratic leader of Belarus who claimed victory in another election derided as a sham, played a ...