Alexander Lukashenko

Alexander Lukashenko

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko attends a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi, Russia May 23, 2022. Sputnik/Ramil Sitdikov/Kremlin via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.

Belarus leader Lukashenko says Prigozhin is back in Russia

Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin leaves the headquarters of the Southern Military District amid the group's pullout from the city of Rostov-on-Don, Russia, June 24, 2023. REUTERS/Alexander Ermochenko/File Photo

Lukashenko says Putin wanted to 'wipe out' Prigozhin during mutiny attempt

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko at the Bocharov Ruchei residence in Sochi, Russia June 9, 2023. Sputnik/Gavriil Grigorov/Kremlin via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY./File Photo

Belarus leader, long the supplicant, feted in Russia after mutiny role

FILE PHOTO: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko attend a meeting of the Supreme State Council of the Union State of Russia and Belarus at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia 6 April, 2023. Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev/Kremlin via REUTERS

Belarus official: West left us no choice but to deploy nuclear arms

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko attends a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi, Russia May 23, 2022. Sputnik/Ramil Sitdikov/Kremlin via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.

Belarus' Lukashenko says Russian nuclear arms needed to deter threats from West

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko in Saint Petersburg, Russia June 25, 2022. Sputnik/Mikhail Metzel/Kremlin via REUTERS

Belarus leader stands with Russia in campaign

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko attends a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi, Russia May 23, 2022. Sputnik/Ramil Sitdikov/Kremlin via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.

Lukashenko says Belarus intercepted attempted missile strikes by Ukraine

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Putin meets Belarusian President Lukashenko to mark Space Day

FILE PHOTO: Russian President Vladimir Putin greets Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko before the Victory Day Parade in Moscow, Russia, June 24, 2020. Sputnik/Alexei Nikolskyi/Kremlin via REUTERS

Western sanction policy leading to 'third world war' : Lukashenko

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko speaks during a news conference at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia September 9, 2021. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov/File Photo

Belarus president says Putin promises he would regard attack on Belarus as attack on Russia

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko waves to his supporters at the forum of Union of Women in Minsk, Belarus September 17, 2020. Photo: Reuters

Defiant Lukashenko says Belarusian Olympic defector was 'manipulated'

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko chairs a meeting on construction industry in Minsk, Belarus August 14, 2020. Andrei Stasevich/BelTA/Handout via Reuters

Treated like a 'toy': Another Belarusian athlete on life under Lukashenko

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko attends a meeting with Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin in Minsk, Belarus April 16, 2021. Sputnik/Alexander Astafyev/Pool via REUTERS

Lukashenko strikes defiant note a year after contested Belarus election