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Belarus president set to extend 30-year rule

Belarus president set to extend 30-year rule as critics slam ‘sham’ election

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.

Hosted on MSN · 6h

‘Europe’s last dictator’ Lukashenko extends 3-decade rule in Belarus

Alexander Lukashenko wins Belarus' election by a landslide, garnering nearly 87 per cent of the vote Belarus strongman Alexander Lukashenko, in power since 1994, won a seventh consecutive term in office on Sunday in an election denounced by the European Union and the exiled opposition.

Yahoo · 15h

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 length about US President Donald Trump, Belarusian fears of being annexed by Russia and Europe's ties to Washington.

Lukashenko wins 7th term in Belarus election

Voice of America · 2h

Belarus strongman wins a 7th term in an election the opposition calls a farce

The smiling face of President Alexander Lukashenko gazed out from campaign posters across Belarus on Sunday as the country held an orchestrated election virtually guaranteed to give the 70-year-old autocrat yet another term on top of his three decades in power.

Reuters · 5h

Lukashenko pockets massive win in Belarus election scorned by the West

Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko extended his 31-year rule with a massive win in a presidential election that Western governments have rejected as a sham, according to preliminary results on Monday.

The New York Times · 1d

His Opponents Sidelined, Lukashenko Is Set for a 7th Term in Belarus

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.

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Secretary of State Rubio hails release of US prisoner in Belarus as controversy hangs over nation's election

President Donald Trump's new Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that a U.S. citizen imprisoned in Belarus under Joe ...

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Belarus frees American woman from detention as strongman leader looks to extend 30-year rule

Belarus “unilaterally” freed an American woman, Anastassia Nuhfer, from detention, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio ...

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty5d

In Belarus, Lukashenka's Regime Is Punishing Critics By Taking Their Children Away

In Belarus, Vasyl and his family have recently ... A 'Sham' Election Once-dubbed "Europe's last dictator," Lukashenka has been in power since 1994. A close ally of Russia, the Belarusian leader ...

Euronews4d

At the Poland-Belarus border, security and migration merge into one

Central Europe has never been a prominent route for ... both on the EU side and by Belarus," said Adriana Tidona, a researcher at Amnesty International. "While we see a growing tendency to invoke ...

Kyiv Independent on MSN5h

Hungary blocks EU statement condemning Belarus election as undemocratic, RFE/RL reports

Hungarian representatives blocked a joint statement by European Union member states rejecting the presidential election in ...

My opponents choose jail and exile, Lukashenko tells BBC

Long-time leader of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, once dubbed "Europe's last dictator", arrived to cast his ballot. Then, ...

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Belarus’s Strong-Arm Leader, Aleksandr Lukashenko, Cruises to Re-election

Europe’s longest-serving leader won re-election in a contest widely believe to have been rigged. The result cements the power ...

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