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In the 2020 presidential election, Lukashenko claimed an 80% victory, leading to accusations of fraud, widespread protests, and a brutal crackdown that saw thousands arrested ...

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

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

Poland has reframed the debate on migration through the lenses of national security, forcing the EU to change its tune. View ...

"It's a sham," the exiled opposition leader says. "This is a military-style operation; a performance staged by the regime to hold on to power." For three decades, the country has been led by an ...

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.

Belarus, a transit country for Russian energy to European countries, is heavily reliant on trade with Moscow, especially after Western sanctions in 2022 stifled about 70% of Minsk's exports to the ...

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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 ...