After years of the U.S. trying to isolate Russia’s closest ally, a meeting with Belarus’s president points to better ...

The expansion of the list of suppliers for export of Russian pork to China is the key target now, Yury Kovalyov noted, adding that "a number of producers are readying for accreditation to the Chinese ...

Alexander Lukashenko was re-elected for a seventh five-year term with a dictatorial score of over 87% of the vote, the other four candidates all publicly supported the regime, while genuine ...

Belarusian leader and Russian ally Alexander Lukashenko extended his 31-year rule on Monday after electoral officials declared him the winner of a presidential election Western governments rejected as ...

Alexander Lukashenko, the autocratic leader of Belarus who claimed victory in another election derided as a sham, played a "dirty game" in releasing an American hostage to coincide with the ballot ...

Brendan Cole is a Newsweek Senior News Reporter based in London, UK. His focus is Russia and Ukraine, in particular the war started by Moscow. He also covers other areas of geopolitics including ...

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.

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

Alexander Lukashenko, 70, will continue his 30-year iron-fisted rule of Belarus after he rigged Sunday's poll. The dictator never faced proper opposition after he ruthlessly crushed protests ...

There were four candidates running against Lukashenko in this year's choreographed race - but all were loyal to him. In a symbolic but bizarre moment, the mustachioed strongman's little ...

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 ...

Alexander Lukashenko was reelected as president of Belarus, winning a 7th five-year term, according to the preliminary results from the Central Election Commission, cited by the state news agency ...