Exiled opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya has accused Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko of playing games with the West by drip-feeding releases of political prisoners ahead of an ...

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko pardoned 15 prisoners on Friday in what state media called a humanitarian gesture, two days before an election in which he is set to extend his 31-year rule.

State media said Alexander Lukashenko pardoned eight people convicted of extremist activity and seven sentenced for drug crimes.

Aleksandr G. Lukashenko, Belarus’s autocratic president and Russia’s closest ally, has taken steps to soften his country’s isolation from the West. By Andrew Higgins and Tomas Dapkus Belarus ...

Belarusians have been voting in a closely managed presidential election that is all but certain to extend the rule of Alexander Lukashenko, in power since 1994 and Europe’s longest-serving leader.

Longtime Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko has been declared winner of a disputed presidential election, securing a seventh straight term, according to the country’s electoral body.

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 ...

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 ...