By Mark Trevelyan (Reuters) -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 that Western governments rejected as a sham.

Belarusians are voting in a closely-managed presidential election that is all but certain to extend the one-man rule of Alexander Lukashenko, in power since 1994 and Europe’s longest-serving leader.

Vladimir Putin is reportedly preparing to deploy Oreshnik hypersonic missiles to Belarus, according to the country's leader Alexander Lukashenko. The so-called "wonder weapon", which can reach ...

Ambassador of Belarus to Russia Aleksandr Rogozhnik thanked the president of Russia and Russian political parties for supporting Belarus as he met with leader of the parliamentary faction of the New People Party Alexei Nechayev in the State Duma on ,

Belarus held an orchestrated election over the weekend that the opposition and the EU rejected as a farce, extending President Lukashenko's more than 30 years in power.

Britain and Canada have imposed sanctions targeting the regime of Belarus' dictator president, Alexander Lukashenko, following his disputed election over the weekend to a seventh term.

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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 that Western governments ...

Vladimir Putin is set to deploy Oreshnik hypersonic missiles to Belarus 'any day now' according to Belarusian dictator, and Kremlin stooge, Alexander Lukashenko. The so-called 'wonder weapon ...

As an East African bloc urged an immediate ceasefire in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwandan-backed M23 rebels who seized the city of Goma extended their advance on Wednesday, and Congo said it planned a campaign to recover lost territory.

Belarus has opened early voting for a presidential election set to cement Alexander Lukashenko’s grip on power and his dependence on Moscow, three years after the country served as a launch pad for Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.