Aleksandr G. Lukashenko, Belarus’s autocratic president and Russia’s closest ally, has taken steps to soften his country’s ...

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

Officially, there are five candidates, but 70-year-old Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko, who has ruled the country for more than three decades, will almost certainly retain his seat.

The Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko has won a seventh term in office in a farcical election condemned by the European Union and opposition figures. Lukashenko has ruled the former ...

MINSK, Belarus — Exit polls in Belarus late Sunday showed autocrat Alexander Lukashenko taking 87.6 percent of the vote in a presidential race denounced by the European Union as a “sham” and ...

Nikolai Lukashenko, a "copy of his father" Alexander ... As a child, Nikolai met US President Barack Obama, Chinese President Xi Jinping, Pope Francis and other world leaders.

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

This file photo shows Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko (C) casting his ballot at a polling station in Minsk, Belarus, Jan. 26, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua] Belarusian Central Election Commission ...

The move comes after Belarus' authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko extended his more than three-decade rule in last month's election that the opposition has dismissed as farce. Lukashenko ...