Belarusian strongman Alexander Lukashenko has been in power for more than 30 years and just won another election widely regarded as rigged. Why are the streets of Minsk quiet? Exiled opposition leader ...

Belarus, Dec. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev, File) FILE - Belarusian opposition supporters carry old Belarusian national flags, which became symbols of anti-government protests, as they ...

Belarusian opposition activists wearing the old Belarusian national flag take part in a protest against the Belarusian Presidential election at the Kudirkos square in Vilnius, Lithuania, Sunday, Jan.

With many of his political opponents either jailed or exiled abroad, Alexander Lukashenko, dubbed “Europe’s last dictator,” is all but certain to add a seventh term.

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.

Opposition leader-in-exile Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, who fled Belarus under government pressure after challenging the president in 2020, told The Associated Press that Sunday's election was “a ...