At 8 AM in Belarus, the main day of voting organized by the regime began, where Alexander Lukashenko, who has been in power for 31 years, aims for his seventh term in office. The opposition calls this voting "no-choice elections" due to the absence of real opponents and any chance for a democratic process.

Belarus votes in orchestrated election all but certain to extend the rule of authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko

Britain and Canada have imposed sanctions targeting the regime of Belarus' dictator president, Alexander Lukashenko, following his disputed election over the weekend to a seventh term.

Belarus autocrat Alexander Lukashenko, in power since 1994, won a seventh consecutive term in office Sunday in an election denounced by the European Union and the exiled opposition. In Warsaw, home to many exiled Belarusians,

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.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday congratulated Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko for winning a seventh term in office, saying Sunday's election showed he had the undoubted backing of the people.

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.

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarus votes in orchestrated election all but certain to extend the rule of authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko.

President Alexander Lukashenko prides himself for having kept ... foreign ministers of the eight Nordic-Baltic nations -- Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden ...

TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Belarus votes in orchestrated election all but certain to extend the rule of authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko.

As expected, incumbent President Alexander Lukashenka was re-elected for a seventh term in Belarus's January 26 presidential election.

Last week, a man at an automobile plant said that he hadn’t been following an election campaign very closely because he’d been busy. This wasn’t a clichéd vox pop with a disaffected heartland voter, but rather a comment made by Alexander Lukashenko,