A close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Lukashenko seems unbothered by his characterisation as a ruthless autocrat, telling lawmakers in an annual address in 2022: "I am a dictator ...

The Russian leader Vladimir Putin submitted a treaty on security guarantees to the State Duma, which was signed in December 2024 by Russia and Belarus. It provides for the possibility of using nuclear ...

Lukashenko, however, said he did not care whether or not the bloc recognised the results. And he had "no regrets" over letting his "older brother" Russian President Vladimir Putin's troops enter ...

The acclamation of Alexander Lukashenko as Belarus president for a seventh straight term was confirmed on January 26. The ...

A few decades back, a decreasing number of countries were given taints of autocracies and dictatorship (even though many were under undemocratic monarchies).

Provided figures on Russia’s and Ukraine’s current war losses; ・Stated readiness for peace talks in a four-party format ...

Belarusian Central Election Commission on Monday officially declared Alexander Lukashenko's victory in the latest presidential elections with 86.82 percent of the votes. For other candidates ...

Kim's congratulatory message to Lukashenko came more than two weeks after his sister, Kim Yo-jong, publicly dismissed his Jan. 17 remarks — published by the Belarusian presidential office ...

For other candidates, Sergei Syrankov received 3.21 percent, followed by Oleg Gaidukevich (2.02 percent), Anna Kanopatskaya (1.86 percent) and Alexander Khizhnyak (1.74 percent). Around 3.60 ...

Belarusian President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko, Europe’s brutal last dictator, has been named 2021’s Person of the Year by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) in recognition of ...

Following summit between Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping, the two sides vow to take on Washington’s ‘dual containment’ policy aimed at Russia and China. But a quasi-alliance with Moscow is ...