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For three decades, European leaders have come and gone by the dozens, but Alexander Lukashenko remains in absolute control of Belarus. Lukashenko, 69, was dubbed “Europe's last dictator” early ...
Today Belarus is the rare ally of Russia in Europe, and a crucial one at that. In the opening days of the war, Moscow’s forces invaded Ukraine from Belarusian territory, launching a failed ...
(Reuters) -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 that Western ...
Here's what to know about Belarus, its election and its relationship with Russia: ‘Europe’s last dictator' and his reliance on Russia. Belarus was part of the Soviet Union until its collapse in 1991. The Slavic nation of 9 million people is sandwiched between Russia and Ukraine, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland, the latter three all NATO members.
The European Union considers their results falsified and therefore does not recognise the election results announced by the Central Election Commission of Belarus. [ 14 ] Some leaders of the democratic movement in Belarus, including former presidential candidates, have not recognised the United Transitional Cabinet.
MINSK (Reuters) -Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko was on track to extend his 31-year rule with 87.6% of the vote in a presidential election on Sunday, according to an exit poll broadcast on ...
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko dismissed on Thursday a description that he was "Europe's last dictator", saying that he was not a dictator but that if he were, he would certainly not be ...
Belarus is a part of the Belarus-Russia Union State, as well as the European-Asian Union, a customs union which includes both countries and several other CIS-members. [22] As of today, the Belarus-Russia integration is mostly economic, with free trade and free movement zones established between the two countries, but Russia is being seen as ...