Alexander Lukashenko was declared the landslide winner of presidential elections in Belarus. His victory was seen as a foregone conclusion in a country he's run for more than 30 years.

Victory “demonstrates your high political authority,” the Kremlin chief gushes about his counterpart in Minsk.

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.

Vladimir Putin one step closer to taking over a European country this year. Experts say the Russian President is suggesting that a new 2025 Union State Security Concept with Belarus supersedes the original 1999 Security Concept. The Union State is a supranational union of the two countries.

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 ,

Vladimir Putin wished Aleksandr Lukashenko new successes in his state activity for the benefit of the fraternal Belarusian people, good health and well-being.

MINSK: Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko was on track to extend his 31 year rule with 87.6 percent of the vote in a presidential election on Sunday (Jan 26), according to an exit

MINSK (Reuters) - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko was on track to win a seventh five-year term with 87.6% of the vote in Sunday's election, according to an exit poll broadcast on state television.

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Belarus' authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko extended his more than three decades in power in an orchestrated weekend election that the opposition and the European Union rejected as a farce.

The day before, Belarus released American citizen Anastassia Nuhfer, who had been arrested in December 2024, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said. Franak Viačorka, senior adviser to Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya,