He enjoys sport and fitness, and projected an image of a strong, healthy leader by playing hockey. “Lukashenko enjoys evening events,” said Latushka, who worked directly under the president ...

The president’s team defeated the team of Minsk Oblast 3-2 (1-0, 1-2, 1-0) in a match at the Olympic Arena in Minsk on .

Lukashenko has ruled Belarus uninterrupted ... including his beloved hockey. Marcin Strzyżewski, author of books about Russia and Belarus, noted in the program "The World According to Poland ...

Instead of hard politics, state media and pro-government social-media accounts often play up Lukashenko's supposed everyman qualities, running footage of the president playing ice hockey or ...

Alexander Lukashenko, Europe’s longest-serving leader, has extended his 31-year rule in Belarus after being declared the winner of a presidential election that his exiled opponents and Western ...