Belarus

Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko said on Sunday that some of his political opponents had "chosen" to go to prison as he cast his vote in a election ...

Belarus' authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko is all but certain to extend his more than three decades in power in Sunday's election that is ...

Belarusians began voting on Sunday, with President Alexander Lukashenko expected to cruise to victory unchallenged for a seventh term, prolonging his ...

The E.U. has called the election a sham, and President Alexander Lukashenko has said he's “too busy” to even campaign.

Belarusian strongman Alyaksandr Lukashenka is set to win his seventh term in office in a presidential election that EU leaders have condemned as a “sham.”

Belarusians voted on Sunday in an election set to hand President Alexander Lukashenko a seventh term, prolonging his three-decade authoritarian rule.

Belarusian strongman Alyaksandr Lukashenka is set to win his seventh term in office in a presidential election that EU leaders have condemned as a “sham.”

Citizens were pictured heading to the polls in the country's capital, Minsk. Four opposition candidates appear on ballots, but all are loyal to Mr ...

Belarus autocrat Alexander Lukashenko said Sunday that his jailed opponents had "opened their mouths too widely" as he voted in an election set to extend ...

It's election day in Belarus - with Alexander Lukashenko set to continue his 31-year-long rule of the country. BBC Russia Editor, Steve Rosenberg, ...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced on January 26 that American citizen Anastasia Nufer was released from a Belarusian prison.

They urged the Belarusian government to release political prisoners, estimating their number at more than 1,000, including an employee of the EU delegation in ...

President Donald Trump's new Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that a U.S. citizen imprisoned in Belarus under Joe Biden has since been released.

They urged the Belarusian government to release political prisoners, estimating their number at more than 1,000, including an employee of the EU delegation in ...

Putin ally projected to easily secure seventh term in election that US and EU have said could not be free or fair.

Alexander Lukashenko, who has led Belarus for the past 30 years, was on Sunday set to win his seventh consecutive mandate in an election slammed by both the ...

This is a blatant affront to democracy. Lukashenko doesn't have any legitimacy,” EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said.

The smiling face of President Alexander Lukashenko gazed out from campaign posters across Belarus on Sunday as the country held an orchestrated election ...

Europe's longest-serving leader won re-election in a contest widely believe to have been rigged. The result cements the power of a leader whose country is ...

President Alexander Lukashenko, often dubbed "Europe's last dictator," offered to free Anastassia Nuhfer whose arrest was linked to protests in 2020, ...

On election day, the unchallenged Belarus leader exchanges arguments with the BBC Russia editor.

Hungarian representatives have blocked a joint appeal by European Union countries to reject the presidential election in Belarus, according to information ...

Belarusian leader and Russian ally Alexander Lukashenko extended his 31-year rule on Monday after electoral officials declared him the winner of a ...

The smiling face of President Alexander Lukashenko gazed out from campaign posters across Belarus on Sunday as the country held an orchestrated election ...

According to official results, announced in the early hours of Monday, Lukashenko won 86.82% of the vote.

Election officials say Lukashenko received 86.8 percent of vote amid accusations the vote was neither free nor fair.

Alexander Lukashenko, Europe's longest-serving leader, has extended his 31-year rule in Belarus after being declared the winner of a presidential election ...

Victory “demonstrates your high political authority,” the Kremlin chief gushes about his counterpart in Minsk.

No credible opponents were allowed to run against Alexander Lukashenko, who has ruled Belarus since the 1990s.

The result in the presidential elections was all too predictable. But has a power transition already begun? And can the West prevent continuing Kremlin ...