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 ...

After an election win which has been widely criticised as illegitimate, Alexander Lukashenko faced questions from the BBC's Russia editor Steve Rosenberg. No credible opponents were allowed to run ...

Alexander Lukashenko is expected ... Sunday's election was "a senseless farce, a Lukashenko ritual". Image: Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya in 2020. Pic: Reuters Image: People cast their votes in Minsk.

This file photo shows Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko (C) casting his ballot at a polling station in Minsk, Belarus, Jan. 26, 2025. [Photo/Xinhua] Belarusian Central Election Commission ...

The former Soviet Republic of Belarus, wedged between Russia and Ukraine, chooses the president this Sunday, and the country's longtime ruler and Kremlin ally, Alexander Lukashenko, is all but ...

In power since 1994, Alexander Lukashenko is assured of a new five-year term in a vote that the exiled opposition describes as a sham. It has called on Belarusians to tick a box that allows them ...

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko casts his ballot at a polling ... to the opposition's call in 2020 for voters to take such pictures to make it more difficult for authorities to rig ...

Putin ally Alexander Lukashenko just claimed ... of him as “Europe’s last dictator”. Lukashenko with his ally and benefactor, Putin. Picture: Grigory Sysoyev/AFP According to the Belarusian ...