Over time, their family home became a prison for her. She can travel to the capital only on holidays and is not allowed to talk to the press. Lukashenko has two sons with Galina—Viktor and Dmitry.

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

Lukashenko, then 39 ... and lifelong support for himself and his family, should he retire. “To an extent, he became a hostage of the system that he himself created,” Karbalevich said.

An investigation reveals how Belarusian elites, including Lukashenko’s inner circle, have leveraged Russian fishing quotas to ...

The E.U. has called Sunday’s election a sham. Lukashenko, running virtually unopposed, said he was “too busy” to even campaign.

President of Belarus Aleksandr Lukashenko signed the law On Amendments to the Codes on Criminal Liability, which ...

Lukashenko and the head of his KGB security apparatus. It was Mr. Lukashenko’s first meeting with a senior State Department official in five years, and the start of what could be a highly ...

President of Belarus Aleksandr Lukashenko has congratulated President of Serbia Alexandar Vucic on the occasion of widely celebrated ...

Rubio's statement came following waves of prisoner releases by Lukashenko, often dubbed "Europe's last dictator." Belarus' oldest rights group, Viasna, says that over 1,250 people remain in ...

In the current difficult conditions, Minsk remains fully committed to developing friendly relations with Belgrade in many ...

In accordance with the document, the punishment for 97 categories of offenses has been revised. Of these, 65 categories of offenses have been supplemented with alternative punishment, more lenient ...