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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on Saturday freed 23 political prisoners, state media reported, the latest mass pardoning ahead of next week’s presidential election. The authoritarian leader ...

Belarus autocrat Alexander Lukashenko, in power since 1994, won a seventh consecutive term in office Sunday in an election denounced by the European Union and the exiled opposition. With his ...

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 ...

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 ...