Russian dictator Vladimir Putin congratulated his colleague Alexander Lukashenko on being re-elected as the President of Belarus. "You are always a welcome and dear guest on Russian soil. As agreed, I ...

Lukashenko’s reliance on his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, has deepened since the last Belarusian election in 2020, when he faced an unexpectedly stiff challenge from Sviatlana ...

The Russian leader Vladimir Putin submitted a treaty on security guarantees to the State Duma, which was signed in December ...

MINSK, 28 January (BelTA) – President of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic has sent a congratulatory message to Aleksandr Lukashenko on the occasion of his victory in Belarus' presidential election. “ ...

"As long as Belarus is under Lukashenko and Putin's control, there will be a constant threat to the peace and security of the entire region," she said. EU foreign affairs chief Kaja Kallas and ...

Maya Mehrara is a News Reporter at Newsweek based in London, U.K.. Her focus is reporting on international news. She has covered Ukraine, Russia, immigration issues, and the revolution in Iran.

Brendan Cole is a Newsweek Senior News Reporter based in London, UK. His focus is Russia and Ukraine, in particular the war started by Moscow. He also covers other areas of geopolitics including ...

MINSK, 27 January (BelTA) – The presidents of Belarus and Russia, Aleksandr Lukashenko and Vladimir Putin, have had a telephone conversation, BelTA learned from the press service of the ...

Lukashenko’s regime is propped by Russian President Vladimir Putin, whose war in Ukraine has brought the two leaders even closer. Last week, Putin called Lukashenko and wished him “success ...

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 ...

Nearly five years ago, as massive anti-regime protests rocked Minsk amid accusations of election rigging by longtime authoritarian ruler Alexander Lukashenko, Putin’s public backing proved ...