One of these is Belarus’s white-red-white flag. It’s considered a legitimate symbol of Belarusian statehood in opposition to the red-and-green flag, which has origins dating back to the Belarusian ...

Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko, who has been in power for over 30 years, is poised to extend his rule in an election that concludes Sunday and that the opposition dismisses as a ...

With many of his political opponents either jailed or exiled abroad, Alexander Lukashenko, dubbed “Europe’s last dictator,” is all but certain to add a seventh term.