Rights groups, activists and independent media in Russia and Belarus endured increased government scrutiny, repressive laws and even were shut down and forced to operate from exile abroad.

Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko has extended his more than three decades in power in an orchestrated ...

Belarusians are voting in a closely-managed presidential election that is all but certain to extend the one-man rule of ...

The decree is aimed at nurturing a sense of pride in Belarusians for their country and a sense of belonging to the country’s ...

Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko, who has been in power for over 30 years, is poised to extend his rule ...

Aleksandr Lukashenko has awarded himself a seventh term as president of Belarus, with the West calling the so-called vote a ...

A total of 1,046,973 European residents have visited Belarus since 15 April 2022. Most travelers came from Belarus's ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has sent a defense treaty with Belarus to the State Duma for ratification, according to RBC ...

President Alexander Lukashenko, often dubbed "Europe's last dictator," offered to free Anastassia Nuhfer whose arrest was ...

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko is projected to take victory in the virtually uncontested election by a greater ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin has submitted a security guarantee agreement with Belarus to the State Duma for ratification ...

MINSK (Reuters) -Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko said on Sunday that some of his political opponents had "chosen" to ...