Belarusian state agency BELTA reported exit poll data on the evening of 26 January, predictably declaring Alexander Lukashenko the winner of the sham "elections" with over 87% of the vote.

Officially, there are five candidates, but 70-year-old Belarus President Alexander ... into office, Lukashenko engineered a constitutional referendum giving him control over parliament and the ...

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The Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko ... Union and opposition figures. Lukashenko has ruled the former Soviet republic with an iron fist for over 30 years having gained power in 1994.

Belarus held an orchestrated election over the weekend that the opposition and the EU rejected as a farce, extending authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko's more than 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 ...

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 ...

Belarusians voted on Sunday in an election set to hand President Alexander Lukashenko a seventh term ... he dismissed rumors that he was planning to hand over to one of his three sons.

Alexander Lukashenko was reelected as president of ... Under Belarusian law, a candidate must secure over 50% of the vote to win the presidency. The election commission is expected to release ...