Belarus votes in orchestrated election all but certain to extend the rule of authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko
‘Europe’s last dictator’ Lukashenko extends 3-decade rule in Belarus
Belarus’s Strong-Arm Leader, Aleksandr Lukashenko, Cruises to Re-election
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Saboteurs Suspected of Cutting Yet Another Baltic Sea Cable as Three Ex-Soviet Republics Move To Join Europe’s Electricity Grid
The attacks come as Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania prepare to cut on February 8 their electricity links to Russia and Belarus.
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Estonia does not exclude Russian provocations due to disconnection from Russian energy system
Estonia has admitted that the Russian Federation may arrange provocations during the disconnection of the Estonian power system from the Russian one. Source: Estonian Interior Minister Lauri Läänemets,
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An imprisoned Nobel laureate underscores human rights abuses in Belarus
TALLINN, Estonia — The yellow name tag that Ales Bialiatski wears on his prison garb sets him apart from other inmates in Penal Colony No. 9 in eastern Belarus. It marks Bialiatski as a ...
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Lukashenko wins 7th consecutive term as Belarus president
Belarus autocrat Alexander Lukashenko, in power since 1994, won a seventh consecutive term in office yesterday in an election denounced by the European Union and the exiled opposition.
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Belarus Weekly: Belarus to host over 13,000 Russian troops for Zapad-2025 joint military drills
In late 2024, the EU authorities revealed that 90% of the migrants arriving via Belarus had Russian student or travel visas. The bloc pledged 170 million euros to its eastern members — Lithuania, Latvia, Poland, Estonia, and Finland — and to Norway to ...
Alert: Belarus votes in orchestrated election all but certain to extend the rule of authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko
Belarus votes in orchestrated election all but certain to extend the rule of authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko.
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Putin, Xi hail Lukashenko's victory amid western condemnation
The Russian and Chinese leaders congratulated Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko for winning a seventh term in office, with Russia's Vladimir Putin saying the election showed he had the "undoubted" backing of the people.
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EU critical of Belarus’ policies but supports monarchies in Middle East — Russian senator
According to Konstantin Kosachev, those who call themselves Europeans of the united Europe within the European Union, adjust the whole scale of values exclusively to their own geopolitical interests
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Belarus: Lukashenko extends three-decade rule following election, West calls vote 'sham'
Lukasheno's win in Belarus' presidential election over the weekend has been decried by the EU and opposition activists, calling it a 'farce'.
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Lithuania, Estonia lead increase in defense spending as NATO allies members — FT
According to Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kestutis Budrys, the Baltic state would allocate between 5% and 6% of its GDP on defense from 2026 and until at least 2030
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Belarus faces another election criticized as a 'democracy insult'
At 8 AM in Belarus, the main day of voting organized by the regime began, during which Alexander Lukashenko, who has been in power for 31 years, seeks his seventh term in office. The opposition calls this vote a "no-choice election" due to the lack of real opponents and any prospects for a democratic process.