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

“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.

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.

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.

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.

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...