2023 [Sputnik/Alexander Demyanchuk/Pool via Reuters] Early in his presidency, Lukashenko’s foreign policy echoed the old Soviet Union’s position during the Cold War. He railed against Western ...

Belarusians voted on Sunday in an election set to hand President Alexander Lukashenko ... nickname he embraces -- Lukashenko's Belarus has retained much of the Soviet Union's traditions and ...

Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander ... the 70-year-old Lukashenko is back on the ballot, and when the election concludes on Sunday, he is all but certain to add a seventh term as the only ...

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

Officials say that Russia and Belarus will hold a joint military exercise in September, part of efforts by the two neighbors ...

President Aleksandar Vučić said the protesters were backed by Western countries he did not name, and said they wanted to ...

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 Western governments rejected as ...

The last time Belarus staged a presidential election in 2020, authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko ... Belarus was part of the Soviet Union until its collapse in 1991.

Not wanting to risk such unrest again by those opposing his three decades of iron-fisted rule, Lukashenko advanced ... Russia Belarus was part of the Soviet Union until its collapse in 1991.

The last time Belarus staged a presidential election in 2020, authoritarian leader Alexander ... people in post-Soviet Belarus have ever known. Belarus was part of the Soviet Union until its ...