Belarus’s Alexander Lukashenko set to extend his 30-year rule
The E.U. has called Sunday’s election a sham. Lukashenko, running virtually unopposed, said he was “too busy” to even campaign.
Belarus frees an American and 2 other people in a bid to repair ties with Washington
Belarusian authorities have released an imprisoned U.S. citizen, a Belarusian journalist for a U.S.-funded media outlet and ...
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Belarus President Lukashenko wins re-election in a landslide to no one’s surprise
Incumbent Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko swept to a landslide ... Ukrainian conflict will be resolved this year, the President of Belarus believes. 'There will be some resolution this ...
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Belarus' President Lukashenko extends rule after election rejected by opposition, EU
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.
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Belarus Weekly: Lukashenko gets himself reelected for 7th consecutive term
Aleksandr Lukashenko has awarded himself a seventh term as president of Belarus, with the West calling the so-called vote a ...
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Lukashenko: ‘A hostage of the system that he himself created’
Officially, there are five candidates, but 70-year-old Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko, who has ruled the country for more than three decades, will almost certainly retain his seat.
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Belarus has released 3 from prison, including an American and a journalist
Andrey Kuznechyk, a journalist with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, was one of those released from a Belarusian prison after ...
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Belarus presidential election: Who’s taking on Lukashenko, does it matter?
Belarusians are voting in a presidential election on Sunday as President Alexander Lukashenko seeks a seventh ... and stay open until 8pm (17:00 GMT). Belarus operates on a simple majority system ...
New York Post18d
Putin ally Lukashenko declared winner in Belarus election scorned by the West as a sham
Belarusian leader and Russian ally Alexander Lukashenko extended his ... “You can congratulate the Republic of Belarus, we have elected a president,” Igor Karpenko, the head of the country ...
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Belarus strongman set to win 7th term in election opposition calls a farce
Opposition rejects the election as a farce after years of sweeping repression. The smiling face of President Alexander Lukashenko gazed out from campaign posters across Belarus on Sunday as the ...
San Francisco Examiner19d
Belarusians vote in election to extend Lukashenko's 30-year rule
Robin BJALON Jan 26, 2025 Jan 26, 2025 Updated 33 mins ago Belarusians voted on Sunday in an election set to hand President Alexander ... Lukashenko -- a 70-year-old former collective farm boss -- has ...
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Belarus’s Alexander Lukashenko set to extend his 30-year rule
MINSK, Belarus — Exit polls in Belarus late Sunday showed autocrat Alexander Lukashenko ... invasion of Ukraine and Lukashenko’s close relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin.