The Russian leader Vladimir Putin submitted a treaty on security guarantees to the State Duma, which was signed in December ...

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 ...

Nearly five years ago, as massive anti-regime protests rocked Minsk amid accusations of election rigging by longtime authoritarian ruler Alexander Lukashenko, Putin’s public backing proved ...

MINSK, 19 January (BelTA) - The presidents of Belarus and Russia had a telephone conversation on 19 January, BelTA learned from the press service of the Belarusian leader. Aleksandr Lukashenko and ...

A close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Lukashenko seems unbothered by his characterisation as a ruthless autocrat, telling lawmakers in an annual address in 2022: "I am a dictator ...

MINSK, 27 January (BelTA) – The presidents of Belarus and Russia, Aleksandr Lukashenko and Vladimir Putin, have had a telephone conversation, BelTA learned from the press service of the ...

Unpredictable, authoritarian and staunchly pro-Russian, Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko casts himself as a plain-spoken strongman and "president of the ordinary people". Described in the ...

Lukashenko’s regime is propped by Russian President Vladimir Putin, whose war in Ukraine has brought the two leaders even closer. Last week, Putin called Lukashenko and wished him “success ...

A close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Lukashenko seems unbothered by his characterisation as a ruthless autocrat, telling lawmakers in an annual address in 2022: “I am a dictator, it’s ...