Lukashenko extends rule after Belarus election rejected by opposition and EU
Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko has extended his more than three decades in power after an orchestrated election that the opposition and the European Union rejected as a sham.The ...
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Lukashenko: ‘A hostage of the system that he himself created’
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko delivers a speech during a meeting with high-ranking military officers in Minsk, Belarus, in June 2023 [Press Service of the President of the Republic of ...
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Lukashenko wins seventh term in Belarus election
Mr Lukashenko has been in power since 1994 and has ruled the ... many of whom are imprisoned or exiled abroad by his unrelenting crackdown on dissent and free speech, called the election a sham — much ...
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Lukashenko: Belarusian People's Congress is due in April
The Belarusian People’s Congress will gather for the next session in April. Today's meeting will give a start to the ...
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Belarus releases American woman who was detained last month "as gesture of goodwill"
Lukashenko's opponents, many of whom are imprisoned or exiled abroad by his unrelenting crackdown on dissent and free speech, have called Sunday's election a sham. The last election in 2020 ...
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Lukashenko: I have excellent relations with almost all Muslim countries
At today’s meeting with representatives of Belarus’ religious denominations, President of Belarus Aleksandr Lukashenko said that he has ...
Putin ally Lukashenko declared winner of Belarus vote that West calls a charade
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 ...
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Belarus election is poised to extend the 30-year rule of 'Europe's last dictator'
President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus delivers a speech at the Belarusian Interior Ministry special forces base in Minsk, Belarus, on Dec. 30, 2020. Credit: AP/Maxim Guchek Flirtation with the ...
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Belarus strongman and Putin’s closest ally set to win a 7th term in an election the opposition calls a farce
Media freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders filed a complaint against Lukashenko with the International Criminal Court over his crackdown on free speech that saw 397 journalists arrested ...
Belarus frees American woman from detention as strongman leader looks to extend 30-year rule
Belarus has “unilaterally” freed an American woman from detention, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Sunday, as ...
Secretary of State Rubio hails release of US prisoner in Belarus as controversy hangs over nation's election
President Donald Trump's new Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that a U.S. citizen imprisoned in Belarus under Joe Biden has since been released.
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Putin's Closest Ally Attacks Donald Trump
Lukashenko criticized Trump's inauguration speech, particularly his reference to the assassination attempt in Pennsylvania and Trump saying that he had been "saved by God to make America great again." ...