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Lukashenko and Putin in February 2021. On 23 September 2020, Lukashenko was formally inaugurated president for a sixth term in a ceremony at the Palace of Independence attended by an invited group of 700 guests. [143] On 27 November 2020, Lukashenko announced that he would resign once Belarus' new constitution was adopted. [144]
2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine provoked the second wave of IT brain drain in Belarus. According to Dev.by, it was even bigger than the first one. [114] Almost 40% of companies faced refuses in new contracts due to sanctions, imposed on Belarus. [115] In August 2021 Lukashenko accused HTP companies of working 'for the USA for half prices'. [116]
In the 2022 constitutional referendum, a limit of two terms was reimposed, though only on "newly elected presidents". During the course of the office, elections were held in 1994, 2001, 2006, 2010, 2015, 2020 and 2025. Alexander Lukashenko is
24 – 26 March 2021 Working visit, represented Russia at the bicentennial celebrations of the Greek War of Independence. [6] [7] Belarus: Minsk: 16 April 2021 Working visit, meeting with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko. [8] Belarus: Minsk: 27 – 28 May 2021
Since 2020, Lukashenko’s regime has stepped up its efforts to stamp out dissent. By the end of December 2024, Belarus was holding 1,265 political prisoners, according to Viasna, a human rights ...
He was appointed to his current position by President Alexander Lukashenko two months prior to the 2020 Belarusian presidential election. [5] [6] Prior to his appointment, he served as the chairman of the State Military-Industrial Committee. He offered his resignation amid a cabinet reshuffle on 17 August 2020, during the 2020 Belarusian protests.
Russia and Ukraine should negotiate an end to their conflict to avoid the war spilling over into Belarus, President Alexander Lukashenko, a key ally of Vladimir Putin, said in an interview with ...
Authorities in Belarus, Russia's closest ally, launched an investigation on Thursday into a group of 20 independent analysts and commentators now outside the country and accused of conspiring to ...