After years of the U.S. trying to isolate Russia’s closest ally, a meeting with Belarus’s president points to better ...

Belarus, Dec. 19, 2010. (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev, File) FILE - Belarusian opposition supporters carry old Belarusian national flags, which became symbols of anti-government protests, as they ...

Either maintaining Russia’s military bases in Syria or finding an alternative outpost in the Mediterranean will prove ...

Many people were forced to leave Belarus, including pro-democracy opposition leader Sviatlana ... and the marchers holding traditional flags banned for use in Belarus by Lukashenko.

Near a border checkpoint between Belarus and Ukraine ... a large blue and yellow sign in the colours of the Ukrainian flag can be seen. The road leads to Chernigiv, a major city in northern ...

(AP Photo, File) Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana ... herself with an old Belarusian national flag while shouting at police during a protest near the residence of President Alexander Lukashenko ...

With many of his political opponents either jailed or exiled abroad, Alexander Lukashenko, dubbed “Europe’s last dictator,” is all but certain to add a seventh term.

Near a border checkpoint between Belarus and Ukraine, anti-tank spikes and concrete ... In the distance, a large blue and yellow sign in the colours of the Ukrainian flag can be seen. The road leads ...

Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko, who has been in power for over 30 years, is poised to extend his rule ...

Leading opposition figures have either been imprisoned or fled the country. Human rights activists say Belarus holds about 1,300 political prisoners, including Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales ...

Belarusian strongman Alexander Lukashenko has been in power for more than 30 years and just won another election widely regarded as rigged. Why are the streets of Minsk quiet? Exiled opposition leader ...

Opposition figures were ... to abandon its red-and-white national flag, in favour of one similar to that which it used as a Soviet republic. Belarus' top security agency propagates fear, retaining ...