As Belarus votes amid repression, what drives Alexander Lukashenko, the president likely to secure a seventh term. ... in the ...

Hard-line President Alexander Lukashenko has led Belarus for 30 years and intends to seek yet another term in office. Skip to main content. Open Main Menu Navigation.

What Yeltsin said at a meeting with Lukashenko in 1996 In 1996, Belarus confirmed its historic choice. On 2 April, the Treaty on the Community of Belarus and Russia was signed.

“Then, in the 1990s, Boris Yeltsin was unpopular in Russia as a president. He was old and sick, and Lukashenko thought that he could defeat him at any democratic election.

Also in 1999, Lukashenko and Russian President Boris Yeltsin sign a treaty on forming a “union state” federation. Sept. 9, 2001 — Lukashenko wins election to second term.

Key events in the 30-year rule of Belarus' hard-line President Alexander Lukashenko: July 20, 1994 — Lukashenko is inaugurated as president after a landslide victory in what international ...

Also in 1999, Lukashenko and Russian President Boris Yeltsin sign a treaty on forming a “union state” federation. Sept. 9, 2001 — Lukashenko wins election to second term.

Hard-line President Alexander Lukashenko has led Belarus for 30 years and intends to seek yet another term in office. Skip to main content. Open Main Menu Navigation.

FILE Russian President Boris Yeltsin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko shake hands after signing a union charter at the Kremlin in Moscow, on May 23, 1997. Lukashenko this week marks ...

Key events in the 30-year rule of Belarus’ hard-line President Alexander Lukashenko: July 20, 1994 — Lukashenko is inaugurated as president after a landslide victory in what international ...

Key events in the 30-year rule of Belarus’ hard-line President Alexander Lukashenko: July 20, 1994 — Lukashenko is inaugurated as president after a landslide victory in what international ...