The crackdown saw more than 65,000 arrests, with thousands beaten, bringing condemnation and sanctions from the West. His iron-fisted rule since 1994 - Lukashenko took office two years after the ...

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 governments ...

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko extended his 31-year rule yesterday after electoral officials declared him the winner of a presidential election that Western governments rejected as a sham. ...

Alexander Lukashenko, Europe’s longest-serving leader, has extended his 31-year rule in Belarus after being declared the winner of a presidential election that his exiled opponents and Western ...

Belarus Shows First Glimpse of Jailed Lukashenko Rival in Nearly Two Years By Mark Trevelyan (Reuters) - Jailed Belarusian politician Viktor Babariko, who was arrested while trying to run in a ...

Lukashenko Frees 15 More Prisoners on Eve of Belarus Election By Mark Trevelyan (Reuters) -Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko pardoned 15 prisoners on Friday in what state media called a ...

(Reuters) -Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko was on track to extend his 31-year rule with a massive win in a presidential election on Sunday that Western governments rejected as a sham. An exit ...

Britain's foreign office on Monday said it had sanctioned six Belarus individuals and three defence sector firms, a day after a "sham election" in which autocrat Alexander Lukashenko won a seventh ...