Human rights groups and Belarusians say they see no signs that Alexander Lukashenko is preparing to loosen his iron grip on the state.

Rights groups, activists and independent media in Russia and Belarus endured increased government scrutiny, repressive laws and even were shut down and forced to operate from exile abroad.

The acclamation of Alexander Lukashenko as Belarus president for a seventh straight term was confirmed on January 26. The ...

Russia "is ready to provide Minsk with the necessary assistance and take steps in order to protect the common defense space," Alexey Polishchuk said ...

Branded a terrorist by Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko’s regime for taking part in Ukraine’s fight against Russia, Vasyl Verameichyk was paraded on state-controlled television in late January ...

Belarus’ opposition activists and Western officials have denounced an orchestrated election that extended the over three-decade rule of authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko ...

Belarusian strongman Alexander Lukashenko has been in power for more than 30 years and just won another election widely ...

Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko is all but certain to extend his more than three decades in power in ...

Last week, a man at an automobile plant said that he hadn’t been following an election campaign very closely because he’d ...

MINSK, January 28. /TASS/. The presidential election in Belarus was carried out at a high standard, smoothly, contrary to what some in the West had predicted, Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko ...

Britain and Canada have imposed sanctions targeting the regime of Belarus' dictator president, Alexander Lukashenko, ...