Belarusians will vote on Sunday in a presidential election that is all but certain to see President Alexander Lukashenko win ...

Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko, who has been in power for over 30 years, is poised to extend his rule ...

Belarus is a buffer state. That is the geography, and there is no escaping it. But Belarus is not just a buffer. Our country ...

Belarus is on the brink of extending the 30-year rule of its authoritarian leader, President Alexander Lukashenko, who is ...

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko pardoned 15 prisoners on Friday in what state media called a humanitarian gesture, ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Viktar Babaryka, a former presidential hopeful, stands inside a defendants’ cage during his trial in Minsk ...

Other high-profile political prisoners have also been held incommunicado in Belarus, including Maria Kolesnikova, who was part of Babaryko's 2020 presidential campaign team until his arrest.

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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during a joint press conference with Poland's Prime Minister in Lviv, on December 17, 2024 YURIY DYACHYSHYN/AFP via Getty Images Zelensky said ...