Lukashenko's Election Ploy: Pardons as Power Play
Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko pardoned 15 prisoners as a gesture before an election expected to extend his long rule. Critics call the election a sham with key opposition jailed. Lukashenko faces no serious challengers and aims to improve ties with the West amid heavy sanctions.
Russian, Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko casts himself as a plain-spoken strongman and "president of the ordinary ...
Belarus votes in orchestrated election all but certain to extend the rule of authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko ...
The EU's top diplomat said Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko, who is certain to win a seventh presidential term in Sunday's election after barring most opponents, "doesn't have any legitimacy".
Alexander Lukashenko expected to win election for 7th time in a row in Belarus, with little opposition.
In power since 1994, Alexander Lukashenko is assured of a new five-year term in a vote that the exiled opposition describes as a sham. It has called on Belarusians to tick a box that allows them ...
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With many of his political opponents either jailed or exiled abroad, the 70-year-old Lukashenko is back on the ballot ...
Tsikhanouskaya condemns election 'ritual' as a sham Exiled politician says Lukashenko seeking concessions from West She calls prisoner releases a game, not an easing of repression Lukashenko ...
Belarus votes in orchestrated election all but certain to extend the rule of authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko.
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Alexander Lukashenko, who has been in power for 31 years, is set for a new five-year term in an election that an exiled ...
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