"Dear Alexander Grigoriyevich ... Russia and Belarus," Russian President Boris Yeltsin said at a meeting with Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko in the Kremlin in 1996.

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko, Europe's longest-serving ruler, is facing unprecedented opposition to his power. The 66-year-old former Soviet farm boss claimed a sixth term as president ...

For three decades, European leaders have come and gone by the dozen, but Alexander Lukashenko remains ... of Vladimir Putin ...

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — For three decades, European leaders have come and gone by the dozens, but Alexander Lukashenko ... Putin to succeed the ailing Boris Yeltsin as Russian president.

Belarus responded to massive protests that were sparked by the widely disputed 2020 vote that gave Lukashenko a sixth term in office with a brutal crackdown in which about 65,000 people were arrested.

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarus’ authoritarian leader, Alexander Lukashenko, pardoned 29 political prisoners Monday amid what human rights groups describe as renewed oppression in the country.

saying it is too risky to intervene in a ritual expected to hand President Alexander Lukashenko a seventh term. Lukashenko's election win in 2020 triggered unprecedented demonstrations by ...