Alexander Lukashenko

Belarus opposition and western leaders denounce stage-managed Lukashenko victory
German foreign minister calls election ‘bitter day’, while Vladimir Putin congratulates autocrat on ‘confident victory’
Pjotr Sauer
27, Jan, 2025 @9:57 AM

Lukashenko says he has ‘no regrets’ about Belarus helping Russia to invade Ukraine
Autocrat conducts rambling press conference as his 31 years of rule are extended by an election dismissed outside the country as a sham
Jennifer Rankin in Brussels
27, Jan, 2025 @7:22 AM

‘A ritual for a dictator’: Lukashenko critics decry Belarus election
Longtime president and Putin ally has silenced media and criminalised dissent as he eyes seventh term
Pjotr Sauer Russian affairs reporter
23, Jan, 2025 @11:07 AM

The Guardian view on Belarus’s election: broken democratic dreams | Editorial
Editorial: Five years after an inspiring democracy movement almost toppled Alexander Lukashenko, his brutal rule remains intact. The west must do more to help
Editorial
22, Jan, 2025 @6:25 PM

‘I fight Russia to topple the tyrant of Belarus’: the Lukashenko guard who defected to the front line in Ukraine
Viachaslau Hranouski, a former policeman responsible for protecting the Belarus leader, reveals why he fled to join Ukraine’s army
Tatsiana Ashurkevich in Kyiv
20, Oct, 2024 @4:00 AM

Serbian court approves extradition of anti-Lukashenko activist to Belarus
Andrei Gnyot says he fears for his life after organising alliance of athletes to oppose country’s dictator in 2020
Shaun Walker in Warsaw
20, Jun, 2024 @12:12 PM

Belarusian flautist’s fate unknown as hundreds of activists remain in prison
Death of Russian opposition leader will add to anxiety of Maria Kolesnikova’s family who have not heard from her for a year
Andrew Roth
21, Feb, 2024 @5:00 AM

A fake Ryanair hijack – and the fear that has stalked Belarus’s people ever since
When a passenger plane was forced to land in Minsk in 2021, one man screamed: ‘They’ll kill me’. Many of his countrymen and women now realise they are also not safe, even in exile
Olga Loginova
19, Oct, 2023 @5:00 AM

Children arrive in Belarus after being illegally removed from Ukraine
Almost 50 children from Donetsk, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia were removed by Belarusian charity, according to Belta
Lorenzo Tondo in Kyiv and agencies
19, Sep, 2023 @7:00 PM

Belarus leader proposes three-way partnership with Russia and North Korea
Alexander Lukashenko put forward axis plan during summit with Vladimir Putin in Sochi as rumours of arms deal persist
Andrew Roth
15, Sep, 2023 @5:12 PM

Former member of Belarus ‘hit squad’ to stand trial over disappearances
Yuri Harauski will be tried in a Swiss court over the disappearance of two political opponents of Alexander Lukashenko and a businessman
Kate Connolly in Berlin
31, Aug, 2023 @6:59 PM

‘Belarus’s people are still resisting’: exiled leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya calls for west’s support
Letting the Ukraine war overshadow Belarus’s beleaguered opposition movement is playing into Alexander Lukashenko’s hands, says Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya
Olga Loginova
23, Aug, 2023 @10:00 AM
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