A close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Lukashenko seems unbothered by his characterisation as a ruthless autocrat, telling lawmakers in an annual address in 2022: "I am a dictator ...

Belarus’ opposition activists and Western officials have denounced an orchestrated election that extended the over three-decade rule of authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko ...

Lukashenko, however, said he did not care whether or not the bloc recognised the results. And he had "no regrets" over letting his "older brother" Russian President Vladimir Putin's troops enter ...

Belarusian President and presidential candidate Alexander Lukashenko casts his ballot during Belarus’ presidential election at a polling station in the capital Minsk on January 26, 2025. Natalia ...

Aleksandr Lukashenko has awarded himself a seventh term as president of Belarus, with the West calling the so-called vote a ...

Russia "is ready to provide Minsk with the necessary assistance and take steps in order to protect the common defense space," Alexey Polishchuk said ...

“After the 2020 elections, when Lukashenko lost legitimacy, it was really Putin and the Kremlin who supported him politically and economically.” Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine solidified that ...

May 28, 2021 – Russian President Vladimir Putin cements his support of Lukashenko in a meeting, saying the West’s reaction to the interception and forced landing of a passenger jet “was an ...

"We are closely following the statements made by the Kiev regime’s representatives as well as the activities of the Ukrainian army in the border area with Belarus," Alexey Polishchuk said ...

May 28, 2021 - Russian President Vladimir Putin cements his support of Lukashenko in a meeting, saying the West’s reaction to the interception and forced landing of a passenger jet “was an outburst of ...