All news on the topic: Aleksandr Lukashenko

Aleksandr Lukashenko has been ruling Belarus for 30 years and plans to be “re-elected" for a seventh term in 2025. But what do voters really know about the "national leader", apart from what is broadcast by the press service and propaganda?

Elon Musk-led razing of US foreign aid agency led strong-arm rulers in Hungary, Belarus and elsewhere to celebrate.

Since Russia’s large-scale invasion of Ukraine, its propaganda has claimed that residents of the Baltic states are fleeing en masse to Russia and Belarus to escape “russophobia.” Re:Baltica investigation reveals different truths behind these narratives.

During the presidential ’elections’ in Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko’s pet, a Spitz named Umka, ’marked’ the polling station.

The Belbet online lottery operates as a virtual casino but does not follow rules established for this type of gambling.

The little-known businessman Roman Spiridonov has recently been linked to two notable scandals.

The Russian government pays less for some of these drugs.

The importance of quality tires in warfare, particularly in frontline off-road conditions, is evidenced by the effort volunteers in Russia and Ukraine put into collecting them for their respective armies.

Belarussian Alexander Zaitsev, nicknamed President Aleksandr Lukashenko’s “money bag,” appears to have shipped luxury goods to Russia despite sanctions imposed by the EU in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to a new investigation by The Buro, an OCCRP partner organization.

Minsk. Spiral towers of glass and concrete surround a 35-floor skyscraper. On man-made canals, gondolas float slowly.

“Solvents and Thinners Schemer”, “Tobacco King”, “Orsha Offshore Owner”, “Smuggler” – these “epithets and regalia” brought businessman Aliaksei Aleksin wealth, success and influence in Belarus.

Both schemes are connected by the Cypriot company Dimicandum Invest Holding LTD and are linked to the Presidential Affairs Department of Belarus.

Belarusian business in Crimea and Donbas

Belarus’ exiled political opposition has welcomed revelations from former security officers who defected, and have now presented evidence of Belarusian firms supplying Russia with military components critical to its war against Ukraine.

Rumours of Vladimir Putin's 'ill health' have been swirling for years, with recent sources claiming the Russian President has died and his corpse is being stored in a freezer 'used for deep-frozen food'

Ukraine military intelligence spokesman Andrii Yusov says the reports of Vladimir Putin's death were started by Moscow in a bid to tighten domestic control amid the ongoing war

Vladimir Putin's alleged health battles have been the subject of garish speculation for years, with recent sources claiming the Russian President uses body doubles in public to mask his 'imminent' death

Belarus leader Alexander Lukashenko alleged he had received intelligence of a plot to wipe out the Wagner Group founder and sent a message to him via the Kremlin

Yevgeny Prigozhin has been a dead man walking for two months since his so-called “march on Moscow” mutiny faltered - his death was inevitable after going too far for Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Putin took part in a prayer 'for granting victory to the Russian army' at the sacred Spaso-Preobrazhensky Valaam monastery, appearing to limp as he walked into the church

Russian president Vladimir Putin has started two-day talks with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko as the leaders toured St Petersburg

Regional Governor Oleh Kiper said today that four children were among those wounded in the early-morning blasts, which severely damaged the historic Transfiguration Cathedral, in Odesa, Ukraine

It is alleged that General Sergei ‘Armageddon’ Surovikin is being held at the Lefortovo pre-trial detention centre over a plot to oust defence minister Sergei Shoigu

Mercenary warlord Yevgeny Prigozhin, 62, who was a convict and hot dog seller in a previous life, is staying in a hotel in the capital of Belarus, Minsk, where he has been exiled after calling off his brief uprising

'Invading Ukraine is deservedly backfiring badly on humiliated Putin, who relied on former ally Prigozhin’s hired dogs of war to do much of the fighting in occupied territory'