Here’s a look at the life of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. Personal Birth date: August 30, 1954 (some sources say August 31) Birth place: Kopys, Belarus Full name: Alexander Grigorievich ...
Belarusians voted on Sunday in an election set to hand President Alexander Lukashenko a seventh term, prolonging his ...
2023 [Sputnik/Alexander Demyanchuk/Pool via Reuters] Early in his presidency, Lukashenko’s foreign policy echoed the old Soviet Union’s position during the Cold War. He railed against Western ...
That includes NPR Charles Maynes, who covers the former Soviet Union and joins us on the ... we'll almost certainly see Alexander Lukashenko, a one-time collective farm manager, elected to a ...
Belarusian leader and Russian ally Alexander Lukashenko extended his 31-year rule on Monday after electoral officials ...
As an East African bloc urged an immediate ceasefire in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwandan-backed M23 rebels who ...
The last time Belarus staged a presidential election in 2020, authoritarian leader Alexander ... people in post-Soviet Belarus have ever known. Belarus was part of the Soviet Union until its ...
President Alexander Lukashenko prides himself for having ... national election after Belarus gained independence from the Soviet Union. Criticism of the strongman is banned. Most people AFP ...
Robin Bjalon in Minsk, with Vassily Koloskov in Warsaw Jan 26, 2025 Jan 26, 2025 Updated 3 mins ago Belarus autocrat Alexander ... Lukashenko's Belarus has retained much of the Soviet Union's ...
Reclusive Moscow-allied Belarus will hold a presidential election Sunday, with President Alexander Lukashenko set to cruise ...