Exiled opposition calls Sunday's election a sham No sign of 70-year-old preparing to hand over power Lukashenko sends signal to EU with prisoner releases End to Russia-Ukraine war could ease his ...

For other candidates, Sergei Syrankov received 3.21 percent, followed by Oleg Gaidukevich (2.02 percent), Anna Kanopatskaya (1.86 percent) and Alexander Khizhnyak (1.74 percent). Around 3.60 ...

Exiled Rival Accuses Lukashenko of Playing 'Game' With Prisoners Before Belarus Election By Ilze Filks DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - Exiled opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya has accused ...

The last time Belarus staged a presidential election in 2020, authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko was declared the winner with 80% of the vote. That triggered cries of fraud, months of ...

Is Nikolai Lukashenko's increased media presence merely electioneering for his father, or are there political plans for the young man?Image: Natalya Talanova/TASS/dpa ...

Self-proclaimed Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko has pardoned 23 people who supposedly "committed extremist crimes". Among them are three women and 20 men; 13 people are over 50 years old, ...

The Belarusian opposition told Newsweek on Thursday that the country's leader Alexander Lukashenko was acting against the will of the Belarusian people and handing the country over to Vladimir Putin.

Tsikhanouskaya condemns election 'ritual' as a sham Exiled politician says Lukashenko seeking concessions from West She calls prisoner releases a game, not an easing of repression Lukashenko ...

Lukashenko Seeks Easing of Belarus Isolation as He Extends His Long Rule By Mark Trevelyan (Reuters) - Five candidates' names will appear on the ballot for a presidential election in Belarus on ...