What to Know About the Election in Belarus Featuring ‘Europe’s Last Dictator’
With many of his political opponents either jailed or exiled abroad, Alexander Lukashenko, dubbed “Europe’s last dictator,” ...
What you need to know about the very predictable Belarus elections
The E.U. has called the election a sham, and President Alexander Lukashenko has said he’s “too busy” to even campaign.
Putin ally Lukashenko declared winner of Belarus vote that West calls a charade
Belarusian leader and Russian ally Alexander Lukashenko extended his 31-year rule on Monday after electoral officials ...
Belarus strongman and Putin’s closest ally set to win a 7th term in an election the opposition calls a farce
The country held an orchestrated election virtually guaranteed to give the 70-year-old autocrat yet another term on top of ...
Lukashenko heads for massive win in Belarus election scorned by the West
As an East African bloc urged an immediate ceasefire in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwandan-backed M23 rebels who ...
Polls Open In Belarus With Lukashenko Set To Extend 30-year Rule
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.
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Belarus election is poised to extend the 30-year rule of 'Europe's last dictator'
Belarus was part of the Soviet Union until its collapse in 1991. The Slavic nation of 9 million people is sandwiched between Russia and Ukraine, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland, the latter three all ...
Tractors, Forests, Nuclear Weapons: Five Things About Belarus
Belarus is holding a presidential election on Sunday that will secure another five-year mandate for Alexander Lukashenko, who has been in power for over three decades and crushed all opposition.