‘Europe’s last dictator’ wins 5th term
Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko won a fifth term in office by a landslide. |||
Minsk – Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko won a fifth term in office by a landslide on Sunday in an election that could see an easing of relations with the West and raise questions about his ties to Vladimir Putin’s Russia. Lukashenko’s re-election five years ago led to mass protests and the imprisonment of leading opposition figures, but support for his 20-year-old regime has risen since he cast himself as a guarantor of stability in the face of an economic crisis and a …read more
Source: Independent Online
