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.

Alexander Lukashenko, the autocratic leader of Belarus who claimed victory in another election derided as a sham, played a "dirty game" in releasing an American hostage to coincide with the ballot, ...

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 ...

President Alexander Lukashenko has won a ... political analyst Valery Karbalevich said. Mr Lukashenko repeatedly declared that he was not clinging to power and would “quietly and calmly hand it over ...

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.

The last time Belarus staged a presidential election in 2020, authoritarian leader Alexander ... Lukashenko, a former state farm director, was first elected in 1994, riding public anger over ...

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.

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.

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 ...

More than 250 freed from prison in last year Opposition says president wants to win Western concessions Lukashenko, in power since 1994, set to extend his rule EU calls election 'total sham' Jan ...