It is possible that fear lurks behind these words. Fear of open competition, in which conditions a 70-year-old ruler has very ...

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Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law on July 23 that grants Belarusian citizens permanently residing in Russia the ...

John Coale, a Trump lawyer-turned-envoy, reveals the wild story of how America secured the release of 14 political prisoners.

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Everyone who was on board a Russian passenger plane that disappeared from radar in the Far East Amur region has been killed, ...

PRESIDENT ALEXANDER LUKASHENKO: (Non-English language spoken). MAYNES: So here, Lukashenko explains to a group of factory workers that he'd been too busy to learn about the other candidates.

Who is Alexander Lukashenko? Lukashenko, often described as Europe's last dictator, is the disputed president of Belarus. He has led the country as president for nearly 29 years, assuming office ...

Alexander Lukashenko is making it clear that huge protests in the autumn, the biggest challenge yet to his decades-long rule, didn't dent his authority. Latest U.S.

The authoritarian Belarusian leader, Alexander Lukashenko, on Thursday blamed Ukraine for provoking Russia’s full-scale invasion last year, and he insisted that Belarus was “a peaceful nation ...

KYIV, Ukraine — President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus began his sixth term of office Wednesday during an inauguration ceremony that officials did not announce in advance after weeks of mass ...

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko signs the inauguration certificate during his inauguration ceremony at the Palace of the Independence in Minsk, Belarus, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020.