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Belarusian President Lukashenko expects 'some kind of resolution' in Ukraine in 2025
Speaking to journalists after casting his ballot in the presidential election Sunday, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko stressed that Belarus wants peace in Ukraine.
President Alexander Lukashenko votes in Belarus election
The 70-year-old strongman, who has been ruling the country of 9 million since 1994, is all but certain to win a seventh five-year term.
Lukashenko says critics 'chose' prison as Belarus holds election scorned by West
MINSK (Reuters) -Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko said on Sunday that some of his political opponents had "chosen" to go to prison as he cast his vote in a election that was set to extend his 31-year rule.
Belarus holds election with President Lukashenko all but certain to win
A man casts his ballot at a polling station in Minsk during early voting in presidential election, 25 January, 2025
Belarus: Lukashenko poised for 'farce' election victory
Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko is set to cruise to victory after more than 30 years in power. Sunday's presidential election has been slammed as a sham, with his rivals broadly seen as government stooges.
West cries foul over Belarus election as Lukashenko eyes seventh term
Belarusians voted on Sunday in an election that was set to hand another five years in power to President Alexander Lukashenko, a close ally of Russia's Vladimir Putin.
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Belarus strongman set to win a 7th term in an election the opposition calls a farce
The smiling face of President Alexander Lukashenko gazed out from campaign posters across Belarus on Sunday as the country ...
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Lukashenko set to extend three-decade rule in Belarus
Belarus autocrat Alexander Lukashenko said Sunday that his jailed opponents had "opened their mouths too widely" as he voted ...
Belarus votes in orchestrated election all but certain to extend the rule of authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko
Belarus votes in orchestrated election all but certain to extend the rule of authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko ...
'God forbid we should end up like Ukraine': Belarusians indifferent to election
The outcome of the 2025 presidential election is not in doubt. Alexander Lukashenko, once dubbed "Europe's last dictator," ...
Putin's Closest Ally Attacks Donald Trump
Alexander Lukashenko, the president of Belarus, has criticized Trump's inauguration speech, the executive orders he signed, ...
Belarus will ‘elect’ a dictator again. But the fight for freedom is not over
Though Alexander Lukashenko will win another sham election this weekend, the West still needs to stand with the country’s ...
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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 ...
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Lukashenko seeks easing of Belarus isolation as he extends his long rule
In power since 1994, Alexander ... Belarus. If the war were to end - something incoming U.S. President Donald Trump has promised to bring about quickly - then political analysts expect ...
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Belarus shows first glimpse of jailed Lukashenko rival in nearly two years
(Reuters) - Jailed Belarusian politician Viktor Babariko, who was arrested while trying to run in a 2020 election against President Alexander Lukashenko, has been allowed to send a message to ...
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Belarus' strongman leader pardons 20 more prisoners, but rights groups say repression continues
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarus’ authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko pardoned 20 more people that rights activists describe as political prisoners, a statement on the president's website ...