With many of his political opponents either jailed or exiled abroad, Alexander Lukashenko, dubbed “Europe’s last dictator,” ...

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 ...

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

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

The last time Belarus staged a presidential election in 2020, authoritarian leader Alexander ... Lukashenko is back on the ballot, and when the election concludes on Sunday, he is all but certain to ...

The smiling face of President Alexander Lukashenko gazed out from campaign ... took office two years after the demise of the Soviet Union—earned him the nickname of "Europe's Last Dictator ...

The Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko has won a ... Russia since it gained independence in 1991 from the Soviet Union. In 2022, Lukashenko - who is largely regarded a stooge to his ...

Belarus on Sunday held an orchestrated election virtually guaranteed to give its 70-year-old autocrat, Alexander Lukashenko, yet another presidential term on top of his three decades in power.

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 ...

Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko is on track to extend his more than three decades in power with 87.6 percent of the vote in a presidential election, according to an exit poll broadcast on state ...

Alexander Lukashenko is expected to extend his 31 ... The 70-year-old took office two years after the demise of the Soviet Union, which earned him the nickname "Europe's Last Dictator".