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Belarus, a close ally of Russia, has supported its eastern neighbour in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.Before the start of the offensive, Belarus allowed the Russian Armed Forces to perform weeks-long military drills on its territory; however, the Russian troops did not exit the country after they were supposed to finish.
These are comprehensive chronological lists of political office-holders in Belarus since its first independence, in 1918, including its presidents both before and after the Soviet era, and the Soviet leaders themselves, who, unlike the Presidents, were not formal Heads of State.
Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko [c] (also transliterated as Alyaksandr Ryhoravich Lukashenka; [d] born 30 August 1954) is a Belarusian politician who has been the first and only president of Belarus since the office's establishment in 1994, [7] making him the current longest-serving European leader.
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 ...
Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Alexander Lukashenko apologized in a call for helping Russia invade Ukraine. "I am not in charge," Zelenskyy quoted the Belarusian leader as saying in early 2022.
Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin backed him in that confrontation and Lukashenko allowed Russia to use its territory as a staging post for its 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
Alexander Lukashenko, being an ally of Russian president Vladimir Putin, allowed Russia to use the territory of Belarus as a launching pad for the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. [4] After the beginning of the invasion, the resistance members from Belarus, who called themselves "partisans", began to carry out sabotage on the railways used ...
Lukashenko has relied on subsidies and political support from his main ally, Russia, to survive the protests. He allowed Moscow to use Belarusian territory to send troops into Ukraine in February ...