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Belarus Strongman Set To Win Seventh Term In An Election

New York Post on MSN · 1h

Belarus strongman and Putin’s closest ally set to win 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.

Newsweek on MSN · 4h

Putin Ally Lukashenko Projected to Secure Unsurprising 7th Term in Belarus

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko is projected to take victory in the virtually uncontested election by a greater margin than he did in 2020.

Belarus' Lukashenko set to win seventh term with 87.6% of vote, exit poll shows

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.

Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko

The New York Times · 2h

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 of a leader whose country is considered Russia’s staunchest ally.

U.S. News & World Report · 3h

Belarus Frees American Woman From Detention as Strongman Leader Looks to Extend 30-Year Rule

Belarus has “unilaterally” freed an American woman from detention, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Sunday, as the Kremlin-allied country held an orchestrated election poised to give strongman President Alexander Lukashenko yet another term on top of his three decades in power.

Associated Press · 13h

President Alexander Lukashenko votes in Belarus election

The 70-year-old strongman, who has been ruling the country of 9 million since 1994, is all but certain to win a seventh five-year term.

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Belarus releases American woman who was detained last month "as gesture of goodwill"

President Alexander Lukashenko, often dubbed "Europe's last dictator," offered to free Anastassia Nuhfer whose arrest was ...

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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 ...

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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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Why Belarus Is Forging Ever-Closer Ties With Russia

After breaking away from a crumbling Soviet Union in the early 1990s, Belarus became increasingly aligned with Russia, unlike ...

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EU rejects election in Belarus and threatens new sanctions

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union rejected the election in Belarus on Sunday as illegitimate and threatened new sanctions.

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Lukashenko Says 'No Regrets' On Letting Russia Use Belarus Territory To Invade Ukraine

Belarusian autocrat Alexander Lukashenko said Sunday he had "no regrets" about allowing Russia in 2022 to use his territory to invade Ukraine.

Foreign ministers of Belarus, Russia talk over phone

Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Maksim Ryzhenkov has held a telephone conversation with Russian Foreign Minister ...

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What to Know About the Election in Belarus Featuring ‘Europe’s Last Dictator’

With many of his political opponents either jailed or exiled abroad, Alexander Lukashenko, dubbed “Europe’s last dictator,” ...

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