Belarus was part of the Soviet Union until its collapse in 1991. The Slavic nation of 9 million people is sandwiched between Russia and Ukraine, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland, the latter three all ...

For years, various musicians have been credited with coining a familiar quip about the inadequacies of music criticism: ...

An American was among three people released from prison by the government of Belarus, the Trump administration announced Wednesday. Adam Boehler, the US special envoy for hostages, told reporters ...

MINSK, Belarus — Exit polls in Belarus late Sunday ... When the country was part of the Soviet Union, candidates would regularly receive 99 percent of the vote. “What in the democratic world ...

After casting his ballot Sunday, Lukashenko told journalists he did not care whether the West recognizes Belarus’ election or not. Lukashenko, a 70-year-old former Soviet collective farm boss ...

The 70-year-old took office two years after the demise of the Soviet Union, which earned him the nickname "Europe's Last Dictator". Belarus was part of the Soviet Union until its collapse in 1991.

Our earlier story is below: The smiling face of President Alexander Lukashenko gazed out from campaign posters across Belarus on Sunday ... after the demise of the Soviet Union — earned him ...

Belarus has "unilaterally" freed an American woman from detention, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced Sunday, as the Kremlin-allied country held an orchestrated election poised to give ...

“You can congratulate the Republic of Belarus, we have elected a president ... because independent media are banned in the former Soviet republic and all leading opposition figures have ...

Alexander Lukashenko has, to date, been the only leader of Belarus since the dissolution of the Soviet Union Authoritarian Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko has secured another victory in an ...

Belarus held an orchestrated election over the weekend that the opposition and the EU rejected as a farce, extending authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko's more than three decades in power ...

Lukashenko of Belarus, cruised to his seventh election ... only purpose was to cement his autocratic grip on the former Soviet republic, Russia’s closest ally. “Don’t use the word election ...