Belarusian strongman Alexander Lukashenko has been in power for more than 30 years and just won another election widely regarded as rigged. Whare the streets of Minsk quiet? Exiled opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya,
Ukraine is calling on its partners to impose sanctions against Belarusian defense industry enterprises that help Russia fulfill its state defense order and thus kill Ukrainians. — Ukrinform.
Belarus’ opposition activists and Western officials have denounced an orchestrated election that extended the over three-decade rule of authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko
Aleksandr Lukashenko has awarded himself a seventh term as president of Belarus, with the West calling the so-called vote a sham and introducing additional sanctions. Belarusian political observer Artsiom Shraibman told the Kyiv Independent that Lukashenko faces uncertain future after the vote.
Belarusian leader and Russian ally Alexander Lukashenko extended his 31-year rule on Monday after electoral officials declared him the winner of a presidential election Western governments rejected as a sham.
Near a border checkpoint between Belarus and Ukraine, anti-tank spikes and concrete pyramids block what was once a bustling road between two peaceful neighbours.
The self-proclaimed President of Belarus, Aleksandr Lukashenko, stated that Belarusian peacekeepers could supposedly ensure normal relations between Ukraine and Russia. This could be an attempt to improve Lukashenko's image,
Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko is all but certain to extend his more than three decades in power in Sunday’s election that is rejected by the opposition as a farce after years of sweeping repressions.
The head of state gave the corresponding instruction at the polling station on 26 January. Thus, foreign journalists got an opportunity to see with their own eyes the situation on the border between Belarus and Ukraine.
Belarusians are voting in a closely-managed presidential election that is all but certain to extend the one-man rule of Alexander Lukashenko, in power since 1994 and Europe’s longest-serving leader.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko is projected to take victory in the virtually uncontested election by a greater margin than he did in 2020.
In 2024, more than 40 provocations were committed on the border of Belarus from Ukraine. Reported in The State Border Committee of the Republic.