Aleksandr Lukashenko has awarded himself a seventh term as president of Belarus, with the West calling the so-called vote a sham and introducing additional sanctions. Belarusian political observer ...

What a “moment of opportunity” might look like, according to Tsikhanouskaya: 1 — Ukraine’s victory: “Without the support of Putin, Lukashenko wouldn’t survive … politically.” 2 — “Internal coup d’etat ...

While it is not clear that Vladimir Putin intends to attack a Nato member ... Authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko often claimed in his three decades in power that Belarus has no political ...

While Mr Lukashenko – who is set to extend his 31-year rule in Sunday’s presidential elections, declared a sham by Belarus’s exiled opposition – is a close ally of Vladimir Putin ...