Vladimir Medinsky’s statements reveal Moscow’s fear that Ukraine might follow Azerbaijan’s path, militarily reclaiming occupied territory, undermining the Kremlin’s imperial ambitions across the ...

Siarhei Tsikhanouski and 13 other prisoners have been released from jail and are now free in Lithuania, the neighbouring ...

But Lukashenka was also interested in Zelensky as a politician. At one time, Lukashenka, of course, started from a different position, he was a deputy, he was already in politics, but still, there was ...

Lukashenka is afraid for the Mazyr refinery, which is within range of the AFU missiles. Another thing is that Lukashenka, with his policy and loyalty to the Kremlin, exposes Belarus to possible ...

Lukashenka also confirmed that he will run in the presidential “elections” in 2025, “if the people ask him to do so.” Considering the peculiarities of the country’s political structure and the ...

Lukashenka's regime has always been much more centralised than Putin's. Unlike the Kremlin, it has never experimented with delegating the right to use violence and has no experience of interacting ...

Lukashenka first announced he was ready to offer Vladimir Putin the option of moving nuclear weapons into Belarus in the autumn of 2021. Nuclear weapons are an old dream of Lukashenka’s.

In addition, Lukashenka’s recent irresponsible reactions to the COVID-19 pandemic has reinforced people’s overall dissatisfaction. And support for alternative candidates is clearly growing. In just ...

Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka certainly has a way with words. RFE/RL takes a look at some of Lukashenka’s more memorable -- and often inappropriate -- public statements over the ...

Longtime Belarusian leader Alyaksandr Lukashenka has claimed his fourth presidential term with an overwhelming victory in December 19 elections. But the capital, Minsk, has been the scene of ...

Mr Lukashenka has ruled Belarus for 16 years, twisting the constitution to ensure an indefinite stay in power. After the last presidential election, in 2006, protestors remained in the main square ...

Mr Lukashenka accuses the Kremlin of financing his opponents. And he is trying to woo the West, which he had demonised for imposing sanctions on him and his officials after the murders and ...