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.

Alexander Lukashenko will soon begin his seventh term as president of Belarus. The official result of the 26 January election gave him 86.8 per cent of the vote, following an election held in a ...

The Russian leader Vladimir Putin submitted a treaty on security guarantees to the State Duma, which was signed in December ...

An investigation reveals how Belarusian elites, including Lukashenko’s inner circle, have leveraged Russian fishing quotas to ...

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

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

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 ...

Aleksandr Lukashenko has awarded himself a seventh term as president of Belarus, with the West calling the so-called vote a ...

He still did not dare to surpass his ‘big brother’, but came close to his result: Vladimir Putin, according to the official version, gained 87.28% in last year’s elections.” ...

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

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