Alexander Lukashenko

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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

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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

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‘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

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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

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‘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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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‘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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