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 E.U. has called the election a sham, and President Alexander Lukashenko has said he’s “too busy” to even campaign.

After breaking away from a crumbling Soviet Union in the early 1990s, Belarus became increasingly aligned with Russia, unlike its neighbors. That bond strengthened as Russia waged its war against Ukraine.

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 dismisses as a

The 70-year-old has led the eastern European country for almost all of its post-Soviet history. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The aggressor country of russia intends to annex Belarus within the next ten years in order to further use the economic resources and geographical position to

Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Maksim Ryzhenkov has held a telephone conversation with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

In the 2020 presidential election, Lukashenko claimed an 80% victory, leading to accusations of fraud, widespread protests, and a brutal crackdown that saw thousands arrested

OSCE observers not invited to monitor upcoming presidential election in Belarus. Belarus to host over 13,000 Russian troops for Zapad-2025 joint military drills with Russia. Belarusian state TV airs a propaganda film with jailed journalists,

Russian, Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko casts himself as a plain-spoken strongman and "president of the ordinary people".

Reclusive Moscow-allied Belarus will hold a presidential election Sunday, with President Alexander Lukashenko set to cruise through to victory unchallenged for a seventh term, prolonging his three-decade authoritarian rule.