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Alexander Lukashenko, the President of the Eastern European country of Belarus, is facing opposition from three candidates in the 2001 presidential race. The three candidates are Sergei Gaidekevich, the leader of the Liberal-Democratic Party of Belarus; Semyon Domash, the leader of the Belarus Regions movement; and Vladimir Goncharik, the leader of the Trade Union Federation.

ALEXANDER LUKASHENKO has been re-elected as the President of Belarus with a massive majority, which critics claim is the result of systematic electoral fraud. He overwhelmed his main opponent, Vladimir [...]

When Alexander Lukashenko won Sunday's presidential election in Belarus, he called it an 'elegant victory.' It was certainly well-tailored. To secure his 75.6 per cent of the vote and a [...]

VOTERS IN Belarus, a strategically important ally of Russia still largely run on Soviet lines, went to the polls yesterday to elect a president amid allegations of electoral fraud and [...]

MOSCOW _ European monitors declared Monday that Belarus' presidential elections failed to meet international standards, and the losing opposition candidate vowed to fight the results of Sunday's balloting. But even [...]

Byline: Scott Peterson Staff Writer of The Christian Science Monitor MINSK, BELARUS -- While voters in Belarus were expected yesterday to reelect their authoritarian president, Alexander Lukashenko, questions swirled about [...]

MOSCOW -- In the world's last stronghold of KGB agents and Soviet-style socialism, the autocratic leader announced the election results in the old-fashioned way: before the votes were counted. President [...]

Byline: JEFFREY DONOVAN MINSK,Belarus -- What happened to the deputy speaker of Parliament? By some accounts, the corpses of the politician and a business associate are buried in a Jeep [...]

Minsk, Belarus --- Dictators are often known for their idiosyncrasies. Zairian ruler Mobutu Sese Seko drank Laurent Perrier pink champagne while working and frequently chartered a supersonic Concorde for his [...]

MINSK, Belarus _ The election campaign, such as it is, in the former Soviet republic of Belarus has not gone well for President Alexander Lukashenko. His lead going in to [...]

MOSCOW _ When Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko turned 47 last week, the government-run newspaper offered up a bit of slavish flattery right out of the Soviet journalism textbook: 'A strong [...]

Byline: Scott Peterson Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor GORODETS, BELARUS -- To his critics, Alexander Lukashenko is the 'last dictator in Europe,' who wants to keep Belarus a [...]

COMMUNISM FELL more than a decade ago and even Slobodan Milosevic was ousted in Serbia last year, but the era of dictators in Europe is not over. In one corner, [...]

MINSK, Belarus, Sep 14, 2001 Alexander Lukashenko's victory at this week's presidential election was confirmed Friday as Belarus' Central Election Commission published official results of the poll, Russia's RIA Novosti [...]

WASHINGTON, Sep 10, 2001 The State Department Monday announced it would not acknowledge Sunday's presidential elections in Belarus, calling the vote that led to Alexander Lukashenko's re-election as president 'neither [...]

MINSK, Belarus, Sep 09, 2001 Belarus is conducting its presidential election Sunday without any violations discerned so far, foreign election monitors said. 'The election campaign has been prepared rather well, [...]

MINSK, Belarus, Sep 09, 2001 Voters in Belarus went to the polls Sunday to elect a president in what the media call the most controversial ballot in the former Soviet [...]

MINSK, Belarus, Sep 09, 2001 Voters in Belarus went to the polls Sunday to elect a president in what the media call the most controversial ballot in the former Soviet [...]

WASHINGTON, Sep 10, 2001 The State Department Monday announced it would not acknowledge the Sept. 7 presidential elections in Belarus, calling the vote that led to Alexander Lukashenko's re-election as [...]

MINSK, Belarus, Sep 10, 2001 Belarus' giant neighbor, Russia, on Monday congratulated President Alexander Lukashenko on his apparent re-election in Sunday's ballot. Russian President Vladimir Putin telephoned Lukashenko minutes after [...]

MINSK, Belarus, Sep 09, 2001 President Alexander Lukashenko claimed a landslide victory early Monday in Belarus' presidential election with nearly 80 percent of the vote, giving the Soviet-era collective-farm boss [...]

WASHINGTON, Sep 09, 2001 With the incumbent threatening to kick out the U.S. ambassador, opposition backers slamming the incumbent for ordering police to harass them and high-profile charges of killings [...]

WASHINGTON, Sep 09, 2001 With the incumbent threatening to kick out the U.S. ambassador, opposition backers slamming the incumbent for ordering police to harass them and high-profile charges of killings [...]

MINSK, Belarus, Sep 07, 2001 The presidential ballot in Belarus will be free and fair despite allegations that the vote was rigged, the chief election official in the former Soviet [...]

WASHINGTON, Sep 05, 2001 The State Department blasted Belarusan authorities Wednesday, calling into doubt whether presidential elections scheduled for Sept. 9 will be free, fair or reflect the will of [...]

MINSK, Belarus, Sep 04, 2001 Belarussians started voting for president Tuesday to cap a campaign filled with charges and countercharges of plots and corruption, Russia's RIA Novosti news agency reported. [...]