Officials say that Russia and Belarus will hold a joint military exercise in September, part of efforts by the two neighbors ...

Alexander Lukashenko, the autocratic leader of Belarus who claimed victory in another election derided as a sham, played a ...

Alexander Lukashenko, Europe’s longest-serving leader, has extended his 31-year rule in Belarus after being declared the winner of a presidential election that his exiled opponents and Western ...

The E.U. has called Sunday’s election a sham. Lukashenko, running virtually unopposed, said he was “too busy” to even campaign.

Belarus on Sunday held an orchestrated election virtually guaranteed to give its 70-year-old autocrat, Alexander Lukashenko, yet another presidential term on top of his three decades in power.

President Aleksandar Vučić said the protesters were backed by Western countries he did not name, and said they wanted to ...

Belarusian leader and Russian ally Alexander Lukashenko extended his 31-year ... “You can congratulate the Republic of Belarus, we have elected a president,” Igor Karpenko, the head of the ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko gestures while speaking ...

An American was among three people released from prison by the government of Belarus, the Trump administration announced ...

Longtime Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko has been declared winner ... “You can congratulate the Republic of Belarus, we have elected a president,” Igor Karpenko, head of the commission ...

Belarus held an orchestrated election over the weekend that the opposition and the EU rejected as a farce, extending authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko's more than three decades in power.

MINSK, Belarus — Exit polls in Belarus late Sunday showed autocrat Alexander Lukashenko taking 87.6 percent of the vote in a presidential race denounced by the European Union as a “sham” and ...