The Russian leader Vladimir Putin submitted a treaty on security guarantees to the State Duma, which was signed in December ...

Putin and Lukashenko visit the Museum of Naval Glory in Kronstadt near Saint Petersburg, Russia on July 23, 2023 [Sputnik/Alexander Demyanchuk/Pool via Reuters] Early in his presidency ...

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 ...

Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko extended his 31-year rule with a massive win in a presidential election that Western governments have rejected as a sham, according to preliminary results on ...

The country held an orchestrated election virtually guaranteed to give the 70-year-old autocrat yet another term on top of his three decades in power.

"As long as Belarus is under Lukashenko and Putin's control, there will be a constant threat to the peace and security of the entire region," she said. EU foreign affairs chief Kaja Kallas and ...

Another, Alexander Khizhnyak ... in favor of Russian, as Putin and Lukashenko seek to strengthen “historical” imperial ties. Belarus’s reliance on Russia is likely to only grow, in part ...

The Russian and Chinese leaders congratulated Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko for winning a seventh term in office, with Russia's Vladimir Putin saying the election showed he had the ...

An exit poll broadcast on state TV projected that Lukashenko would take nearly 88% of the vote. The close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin had earlier defended his jailing of dissidents ...

Unpredictable, authoritarian and staunchly pro-Russian, Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko casts ... A close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Lukashenko seems unbothered by his ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on his overwhelming re-election victory, securing 86.82% of the vote. Putin praised Lukashenko’s leadership and ...

For three decades, the country has been led by an increasingly authoritarian Alexander Lukashenko, now firmly backed by Vladimir Putin who makes use of his neighbour in his full-scale invasion of ...