Europe’s longest-serving authoritarian leader, Belarus’ Alexander Lukashenko, is set to run for a seventh term on Jan. 26, 2025. And even before the first vote is counted, it can be stated with a fair degree of confidence that he will prevail.

By Ben Aris in Berlin Belarusians go to the polls this weekend to vote in a presidential election that is almost certain to see incumbent Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko returned to office for the seventh time.

Russian president Vladimir Putin and his ally in neighbouring Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, have sought to weaponise migration by pushing thousands of migrants brought from elsewhere in the world over the EU’s borders in an effort to fuel support for anti-immigration far-right parties.

As stated in an analytical report of the International Institute for Middle East and Balkan Studies (IFIMES, Slovenia), the Presidential

Five candidates' names will appear on the ballot for a presidential election in Belarus on Sunday, but for the past 31 years there has only been one winner.

The aggressor country of russia intends to annex Belarus within the next ten years in order to further use the economic resources and geographical position to

OSCE observers not invited to monitor upcoming presidential election in Belarus. Belarus to host over 13,000 Russian troops for Zapad-2025 joint military drills with Russia. Belarusian state TV airs a propaganda film with jailed journalists,

Belarus and Russia are discussing the possibility of signing an interstate program in the field of aircraft building until 2035.

It’s needed, the government in Warsaw says, because Russia and Belarus are waging a particular kind of hybrid warfare: helping groups of migrants — mostly from Africa or the Middle East — to break through the border to provoke and destabilize Poland and the rest of Europe.

Russia is nearing its goal of completely controlling its neighbor and closest ally Belarus, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) has said. Analysis by the Washington, D.C.-based independent ...

In the run-up to the presidential election in Belarus, IFIMES published an analytical report outlining the economic and geopolitical challenges that Belarus has had to face in recent years.

Russia signed a strategic partnership treaty with Iran on Friday that follows similar pacts with China and North Korea. All three countries are adversaries of the United States, and Russia has used its ties with them to help blunt the impact of Western sanctions and boost its war effort in Ukraine.