Their faces are almost entirely absent from the streets, while Lukashenko portraits adorn many public spaces in Belarus. Those who tried to challenge him at the ballot in 2020 are held in prison ...

Drive around Minsk and you'll see no big billboards promoting the portraits of candidates ... election is not in doubt. Alexander Lukashenko, once dubbed "Europe's last dictator," who has ruled ...

The last time Belarus staged a presidential election in 2020, authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko was declared the winner with 80% of the vote. That triggered cries of fraud, months of ...

Lukashenko and the head of his KGB security apparatus. It was Mr. Lukashenko’s first meeting with a senior State Department official in five years, and the start of what could be a highly ...