- Belarus’s leader Lukashenko won the election for the seventh time.
- On January 27, Belarusian leader and Russian ally Alexander Lukashenko extended his 31-year rule after election officials declared him the winner of the presidential election.
- The Central Election Commission said in a statement that Lukashenko won by a landslide, garnering nearly 87% of the vote.
- Since taking office in 1994, President Lukashenko’s authoritarian rule has earned him the title of “Europe’s last dictator”.
- However, the European Union threatened new sanctions, calling the elections in Belarus illegal.
Belarus
- It is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe.
- It shares borders with Russia, Ukraine, Lithuania, Latvia, and Poland.
- Minsk is the capital of Belarus, and the Belarusian ruble is the official currency.