What to Know About the Election in Belarus Featuring ‘Europe’s Last Dictator’
With many of his political opponents either jailed or exiled abroad, Alexander Lukashenko, dubbed “Europe’s last dictator,” ...
Belarus Election Set to Extend 'Europe's Last Dictator's' 30-Year Rule
Belarus is on the brink of extending the 30-year rule of its authoritarian leader, President Alexander Lukashenko, who is ...
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Belarus’s Strong-Arm Leader, Aleksandr Lukashenko, Cruises to Re-election
By Andrew Higgins Europe’s longest-serving leader, President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko of Belarus, cruised to his seventh election victory in a row on Sunday in a contest that his exiled opponents ...
As Belarus votes, Lukashenko calls on Europe to break with the US
Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko, taking two hours to address the media at a press conference on election day, spoke at ...
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Belarus president set to extend 30-year rule as critics slam ‘sham’ election
in power since 1994 and Europe’s longest-serving leader. The last time Belarus held a presidential election in 2020, Lukashenko claimed a landslide victory with more than 80% of the vote.
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Belarus election poised to extend decades-long rule of Alexander Lukashenko
When Alexander Lukashenko emerged victorious from Belarus's presidential election in 2020, protesters came out on the streets to accuse him of election fraud and call for his resignation.
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'Europe's last dictator': Belarus election set to extend Lukashenko's 30-year rule
Belarus' top security agency propagates fear, retaining its Soviet-era name of the KGB (Komitet Gosudarstvennoy Bezopasnosti). It is also the only country in Europe to uphold the death penalty ...
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What to Know About the Election in Belarus Featuring ‘Europe’s Last Dictator’
Belarus’ top security agency kept its fearsome Soviet-era name of the KGB, and it’s the only country in Europe to keep the death penalty, with executions carried out with a gunshot to the back ...