I have huge admiration for kindness of Baptists and hug respect for diligence of Old Believers, Belarusian President ...

At today’s meeting with representatives of Belarus’ religious denominations, President Aleksandr Lukashenko showed how much he has been ...

Kazakhstan, the region’s largest economy, has condemned the invasion, refused to recognise Russia’s territorial gains and made an effort to demonstrate compliance with western sanctions. Neighbouring ...

Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko met with Governor of Russia’s Khabarovsk Territory Dmitry Demeshin and outlined the ...

His iron-fisted rule since 1994 — Lukashenko took office two years after the demise of the Soviet Union — earned him the nickname of “Europe’s Last Dictator,” relying on subsidies and political ...

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Born in 1954 in the town of Kopys in northern Belarus, Lukashenko, a self-confessed troublemaker at school, was a Soviet pig farm manager before becoming president. The leader, who at times has ...

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 ...

the 70-year-old Lukashenko is back on the ballot, and when the election concludes on Sunday, he is all but certain to add a seventh term as the only leader most people in post-Soviet Belarus have ...

Born in 1954 in the then Belarusian Soviet Socialist Republic, Mr Lukashenko held management positions at various state-run collective farms before being elected to the country’s Supreme Soviet ...