MINSK, Belarus — Exit polls in Belarus late Sunday showed autocrat Alexander Lukashenko taking 87.6 percent of the vote in a presidential race denounced by the European Union as a “sham” and ...

Many Western leaders are decrying Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko's re-election victory Sunday, calling it a sham along with the country's opposition.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko casts his ballot at a polling station in Minsk, the country's capital, on Sunday. According to a statement by the Central Election Commission, the ...

Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko has been re-elected with 88 per cent of the vote, according to state TV. During the previous election in 2020, Mr Lukashenko used his security forces to ...

Alexander Lukashenko is expected to extend his 31-year rule of Belarus with 87.6% of the vote in Sunday's presidential election, according to an exit poll. Officials said turnout was 81.5% in the ...

The former Soviet Republic of Belarus, wedged between Russia and Ukraine, chooses the president this Sunday, and the country's longtime ruler and Kremlin ally, Alexander Lukashenko, is all but ...

Is Nikolai Lukashenko's increased media presence merely electioneering for his father, or are there political plans for the young man?Image: Natalya Talanova/TASS/dpa ...

And inevitability. The outcome of the 2025 presidential election is not in doubt. Alexander Lukashenko, once dubbed "Europe's last dictator," who has ruled Belarus with an iron fist for more than ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Belarus has opened early voting for a presidential election set to cement Alexander Lukashenko’s grip on ...

Putin ally Alexander Lukashenko just claimed yet another election victory. The rest of the world, including Australia, is not fooled. Lukashenko, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin ...

“Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has pardoned 23 people who were convicted of extremism,” state media reported on Saturday (January 18, 2025.) State news agency Belta said three ...