Belarus Elections News Today

A new feature of this years elections is that citizens of Russia permanently residing in Belarus have the right to participate in the elections to local Councils of Deputies.

Amid tight security, Belarusians took part in the voting that held on Saturday. The local elections are set to pave way for the authoritarian leader President Alexander Lukashenko to rule the nation, while the opposition called the polls a senseless farce

Canada is imposing sanctions against nine individuals and seven entities on the third anniversary of Belarus’s presidential election, which has been contested.

Canada is imposing sanctions against nine individuals and seven entities on the third anniversary of Belarus's presidential election, which has been contested.

"Political repression is not just a tool for authoritarian regimes; it is more than that. It is a carefully planned strategy for achieving regime stability," wrote Alfredo Romero of the Woodrow

In an exclusive interview with RFE/RL’s Belarus Service, U.S. Ambassador Julie Fisher stressed that the United States continues to call for an "inclusive dialogue" inside Belarus that “leads to a new election” under the auspices of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) “after the unconditional release of all political prisoners.” Fisher was sworn in in December 2020 as the first U.S. envoy to Belarus since 2008, but because of the leadership dispute i...

US to sanction Belarus state firms after plane diversion An activist, a member of the Belarusian diaspora in Ukraine, holds a placard depicting Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko during a rally outside the Foreign Ministry in Kiev on May 28, held to demand the cutting of trade and diplomatic links with Belarus and the imposition of sanctions on strongman Alexander Lukashenko. Ukrainians are closely following the protests in Belarus, seeing them as a reflection of their pro-European Maida...

UNSC Watch: In New York, Indias Balancing Act Between West and Russia Over Belarus A weekly analysis on UN Security Council proceedings as India begins its two-year tenure at the body. Members of the Security Council sit during a meeting at the UN headquarters in New York. Photo: Shannon Stapleton/Reuters/File World24/Jan/2021 New Delhi: India’s juggling act was in display in New York, where a fellow United Nations Security Council (UNSC) member had called for an informal meeting on media fre...