Lukashenko set to extend 30-year rule in Belarus

It will be Minsk's first presidential vote since he suppressed mass protests against his rule in 2020 and he has since allowed Moscow to use Belarusians territory to invade Ukraine in 2022.

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A woman votes during early voting for Belarus' presidential election at a polling station in the capital Minsk on January 25, 2025. (Photo by Natalia KOLESNIKOVA / AFP)

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Reclusive Moscow-allied Belarus will hold a presidential election Sunday, with President Alexander Lukashenko set to cruise through to victory unchallenged for a seventh term, prolonging his three-decade authoritarian

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