Lukashenko played a crucial role in creating the Union State of Russia and Belarus, enabling Belarusians and Russians to travel, work, and study freely between the two countries. He also reportedly played a crucial role in brokering a deal to end the Russian Wagner Group rebellion in 2023, allowing some Wagner soldiers into Belarus. [15]

Jan 26, 2025 · Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko is all but certain to extend his more than three decades in power in Sunday’s election.

Jan 27, 2025 · Alexander Lukashenko, Europe’s longest-serving leader, has extended his 31-year rule in Belarus after being declared the winner of a presidential election that his exiled opponents and Western ...

Jan 27, 2025 · Alexander Lukashenko wins seventh straight term in ‘sham’ Belarus election Election officials say Lukashenko received 86.8 percent of the vote amid accusations that the vote was neither free ...

Jan 26, 2025 · Belarus on Sunday held an orchestrated election virtually guaranteed to give its 70-year-old autocrat, Alexander Lukashenko, yet another presidential term on top of his three decades in power.

Jan 27, 2025 · Alexander Lukashenko, Belarusian politician who espoused communist principles and who became president of the country in 1994. His decades-long autocratic rule, which was characterized by suppression of free speech and widespread election fraud, earned him the nickname ‘Europe’s last dictator.’

Jan 25, 2025 · President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko, a close ally of Russia’s leader, Vladimir V. Putin, has been making signs of reaching out to the West. He is all but certain to win an election on Sunday.

Aleksandr Lukashenko is the first President of the Republic of Belarus. He is called “a people’s politician”, “president of the ordinary people ”, “Batka” (father in Belarusian).

Feb 25, 2024 · Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko says he will run for another term in elections set to be held in 2025, a move likely to extend the long rule of a key ally of Russia’s Vladimir Putin.

Jul 19, 2024 · Hard-line President Alexander Lukashenko has led Belarus for 30 years and intends to seek yet another term in office.