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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
In 2022, Aleksin, [12] Bremino Group [13] and NNK [14] were added to the sanctions lists of Ukraine and Japan, while Inter-Tobacco, Inna Aleksina and Vitaly Aleksin (Aliaksei Aleksin's wife and son, respectively) were blacklisted by Canada, [15] whereas Vitaly and his brother Dzmitry Aleksin were sanctioned by the European Union and Switzerland.
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 ...
(Reuters) - Fifty-five Nobel prize winners have signed an open letter urging Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko to free more political prisoners after a human rights group said 18 were ...
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 ...