The head of the NOC of Belarus noted that for many decades Vitaly Smirnov was one of the leaders of the world Olympic movement and made a huge contribution to the development of sports both in the ...

The first high-profile exchange took place on February 10, 1962, when Soviet intelligence officer William Fischer (better known as Rudolf Abel), arrested in New York on June 21, 1957, was exchanged ...

Belarusian authorities have released an imprisoned U.S. citizen, a Belarusian journalist for a U.S.-funded media outlet and ...

Andrey Kuznechyk, a journalist with Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, was one of those released from a Belarusian prison after ...

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 ...

Lukashenko, who faced no serious challenge from the four other ... European politicians said the vote was neither free nor fair because independent media are banned in the former Soviet republic and ...

Belarusian leader and Russian ally Alexander Lukashenko extended his 31-year rule on Monday after electoral officials declared him the winner of a presidential election Western governments rejected as ...

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, the leader-in-exile of Belarus's opposition, has dismissed longtime leader Alexander Lukashenko's election win. China and Russia offered congratulations, while the UK ...

The result grants Lukashenko a seventh term in power and cements his grip on the former Soviet republic, a major Russian ally that has played a key role in Moscow’s war against Ukraine ...

Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko has dismissed Western condemnation of his country's presidential elections, as he was on course to extend his 31-year-reign of the ex-Soviet state.

Lukashenko, who faced no serious challenge ... free nor fair because independent media are banned in the former Soviet republic and all leading opposition figures have either been jailed or ...

Alexander Lukashenko has, to date, been the only leader of Belarus since the dissolution of the Soviet Union Authoritarian Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko has secured another victory in an ...