Belarus decriminalized homosexuality in 1994 after the collapse of the Soviet Union, but the deeply conservative country under authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko doesn’t recognize same ...
President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko of Belarus keeps arresting political opponents, but analysts wonder if a string of unusual pardons is a bid to get sanctions eased. By Nataliya Vasilyeva and ...
An agreement struck between Vladimir Putin and his closest ally Alexander Lukashenko cements the status of Belarus as a "militarized satellite of Russia," the Belarusian opposition has told ...