Early voting took place from Jan. 21 to Jan. 25, during which 41.81% of voters participated, according to the Central Election Commission of Belarus. In addition to Alexander Lukashenko, four other candidates have been registered for the election.

Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko, who has been in power for over 30 years, is poised to extend his rule in an election that concludes Sunday and that the opposition dismisses as a

Five years since the harsh crackdown on protestors after the 2020 election, critics are readying themselves for Belarus' election in January.

Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko is all but certain to extend his more than three decades in power in Sunday’s election that is rejected by the opposition as a farce after years o

President Aleksandr G. Lukashenko, a close ally of Russia’s leader, Vladimir V. Putin, has been making signs of reaching out to the West. He is all but certain to win an election on Sunday.

Belarusians voted on Sunday in an election that was set to hand another five years in power to President Alexander Lukashenko, a close ally of Russia's Vladimir Putin.