Here’s a look at the life of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko. Personal Birth date: August 30, 1954 (some sources say August 31) Birth place: Kopys, Belarus Full name: Alexander Grigorievich ...
2023 [Sputnik/Alexander Demyanchuk/Pool via Reuters] Early in his presidency, Lukashenko’s foreign policy echoed the old Soviet Union’s position during the Cold War. He railed against Western ...
As an East African bloc urged an immediate ceasefire in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwandan-backed M23 rebels who ...
MAYNES: Yeah, you know, as you noted, we'll almost certainly see Alexander Lukashenko, a one-time collective farm manager, elected to a seventh term in office. That's extending a rule that began way ...
Alexander Lukashenko is expected to extend his 31 ... The 70-year-old took office two years after the demise of the Soviet Union, which earned him the nickname "Europe's Last Dictator".
That includes NPR Charles Maynes, who covers the former Soviet Union and joins us on the ... we'll almost certainly see Alexander Lukashenko, a one-time collective farm manager, elected to a ...
The last time Belarus staged a presidential election in 2020, authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko ... Belarus was part of the Soviet Union until its collapse in 1991. The Slavic nation ...
President Alexander Lukashenko has ruled Belarus since 1994 ... election in Belarus since it gained independence from the Soviet Union. Criticism of the strongman is banned in Belarus.
Reclusive Moscow-allied Belarus will hold a presidential election Sunday, with President Alexander ... he embraces -- Lukashenko's Belarus has retained much of the Soviet Union's traditions ...