US aid cutoff poses new challenges to rights groups and independent media from Russia and Belarus
Rights groups, activists and independent media in Russia and Belarus endured increased government scrutiny, repressive laws ...
Belarus strongman wins a 7th term in an election the opposition calls a farce
Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko is all but certain to extend his more than three decades in power in ...
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Belarus frees American woman from detention as strongman leader looks to extend 30-year rule
Belarus has “unilaterally” freed an American ... months of mass protests unprecedented in Belarusian history. Police said the officer was shaken up in the crash but uninjured.
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Belarus election is poised to extend the 30-year rule of ‘Europe’s last dictator’
(AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov) Portraits of candidates are displayed on an election poster ahead of presidential elections in Minsk, Belarus, Friday, Jan. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov) A police ...
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Lukashenko: ‘A hostage of the system that he himself created’
As Belarus votes amid repression, what drives Alexander Lukashenko, the president likely to secure a seventh term.
Belarus’s Alexander Lukashenko set to extend his 30-year rule
The E.U. has called Sunday’s election a sham. Lukashenko, running virtually unopposed, said he was “too busy” to even campaign.
His Opponents Sidelined, Lukashenko Is Set for a 7th Term in Belarus
President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko, a close ally of Russia’s leader, Vladimir V. Putin, has been making signs of reaching out ...
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Belarus strongman wins a 7th term in an election the opposition calls a farce
Police conducted large-scale drills before the ... Lukashenko’s support for the war in Ukraine has led to the rupture of Belarus’ ties with the U.S. and the EU, ending his gamesmanship of ...
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Belarus strongman set to win a 7th term in an election the opposition calls a farce
Police conducted large-scale drills before the ... s support for the war in Ukraine has led to the rupture of Belarus’ ties with the U.S. and the EU, ending his gamesmanship of using the West ...