Officials say that Russia and Belarus will hold a joint military exercise in September, part of efforts by the two neighbors ...

With many of his political opponents either jailed or exiled abroad, Alexander Lukashenko, dubbed “Europe’s last dictator,” ...

The acclamation of Alexander Lukashenko as Belarus president for a seventh straight term was confirmed on January 26. The electoral authorities announced that the man known as “Europe’s last dictator” ...

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President Donald Trump's new Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that a U.S. citizen imprisoned in Belarus under Joe ...

President Aleksandar Vučić said the protesters were backed by Western countries he did not name, and said they wanted to ...

President Alexander Lukashenko will be running to secure a seventh term, hoping to extend his 30-year rule over Belarus.

The E.U. has called Sunday’s election a sham. Lukashenko, running virtually unopposed, said he was “too busy” to even campaign.

Human rights groups and Belarusians say they see no signs that Alexander Lukashenko is preparing to loosen his iron grip on ...

No credible opponents were allowed to run against Alexander Lukashenko, who has ruled Belarus since the 1990s.

Aleksandr G. Lukashenko, Belarus’s autocratic president and Russia’s closest ally, has taken steps to soften his country’s ...