The Associated Press on MSN14d
Belarus election is poised to extend the 30-year rule of 'Europe's last dictator'
Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko, who has been in power for over 30 years, is poised to extend his rule ...
The Manhattan Mercury13d
Lukashenko: Belarus's unpredictable autocrat and Putin sidekick
Russian, Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko casts himself as a plain-spoken strongman and "president of the ordinary ...
NDTV23d
When The United States Broke Into 2 Countries, Had 2 Presidents, 2 Flags
At dusk on Christmas day, 1991, the iconic hammer-and-sickle flag of the erstwhile Soviet Union lowered for ... Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania ...
The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel14d
Lukashenko: Belarus's unpredictable autocrat and Putin sidekick
He won Belarus's first democratic presidential ... on making Russian an official language, changing the flag to resemble its Soviet-era design and giving him the right to dissolve parliament.
Polls open in Belarus presidential election with chance of change at the top slim
Voting started following a period of almost non-existent election fever. In the capital Minsk, there’s an almost total ...
WBOC15d
Belarus election is poised to extend the 30-year rule of 'Europe's last dictator'
he has restored Soviet-style controls on the economy, discouraged use of the Belarusian language in favor of Russian, and pushed for abandoning the country’s red-and-white national flag in favor ...
Lukashenko set to extend 30-year rule in Belarus
Reclusive Moscow-allied Belarus will hold a presidential election Sunday, with President Alexander Lukashenko set to cruise ...