Many Western leaders are decrying Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko's re-election victory Sunday, calling it a sham along with the country's opposition.

MINSK, Belarus — Exit polls in Belarus late Sunday showed autocrat Alexander ... one point, Lukashenko was seen in full riot gear and brandishing a rifle in a helicopter flying over rallies ...

Lukashenko, in power since 1994, on brink of five more years Veteran leader rejects criticism over political prisoners EU and US say vote is neither free nor fair Rubio says Belarus releases a US ...

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko ... Karbalevich said. Lukashenko repeatedly declared that he wasn't clinging to power and would "quietly and calmly hand it over to the new generation." ...

Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko has been re-elected with ... called for the release of over 1,250 political prisoners who were "unjustly detained". The statement said newly-introduced ...

Alexander Lukashenko is expected to extend his 31-year ... power at the last election and would "quietly and calmly hand it over to the new generation". Since July last year, he has also pardoned ...

The former Soviet Republic of Belarus, wedged between Russia and Ukraine, chooses the president this Sunday, and the country's longtime ruler and Kremlin ally, Alexander Lukashenko, is all but ...

“Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has pardoned 23 people who were convicted of extremism,” state media reported on Saturday (January 18, 2025.) State news agency Belta said three ...

Is Nikolai Lukashenko's increased media presence merely electioneering for his father, or are there political plans for the young man?Image: Natalya Talanova/TASS/dpa ...

Putin ally Alexander ... fooled. Lukashenko, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has been in office since 1994, having first won power with a decisive election win over a communist ...