Unpredictable, authoritarian and staunchly pro-Russian, Belarusian leader Alexander ... the flag to resemble its Soviet-era design and giving him the right to dissolve parliament. Lukashenko ...

Panasyuk, recently freed after four years in prison, described torture and forced psychiatric treatment in custody ...

Belarusians began voting on Sunday, with President Alexander Lukashenko expected to cruise to victory unchallenged for a seventh term, prolonging his three-decade authoritarian rule. Lukashenko -- a ...

Belarusian authorities have released an imprisoned U.S. citizen, a Belarusian journalist for a U.S.-funded media outlet and ...

The last time Belarus staged a presidential election in 2020, authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko was declared ... country’s red-and-white national flag in favor of one similar to what ...

Belarusian strongman Alexander Lukashenko has been in power for more than 30 years and just won another election widely ...

Belarusians began voting today, with President Alexander Lukashenko ... is largely state-planned and Lukashenko scrapped Belarus’s white-red-white flag in the 1990s – which has since become ...

Alexander Lukashenko is expected to extend his 31-year rule of Belarus with 87.6% of the vote ... the country’s red-and-white national flag in favour of one similar to what it used as a Soviet ...