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- Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko answers journalists questions after taking part in voting for the former Soviet republics controversial referendum in Minsk, November 24. Lukashenko has cancelled his half of a Russia-brokered political deal with the Belarussian Parliament, because deputies failed to approve it and is encouraging the electorate to take part voting for the referendum in which he hopes to significantly widen his powers .
- Russian President Boris Yeltsin (R) meets with visiting Belarus leader Alexander Lukashenko for more talks on closer union between the two Slav states, March 7. Yeltsin welcomed the hardline Belarus president in his Kremlin residence, saying Moscow was committed to seeking closer ties with Minsk. RUSSIA BELARUS
- Russian President Boris Yeltsin (L) greets Belarus leader Alexander Lukashenko prior to their talks in a sanatorium in Barvikha, October 16. Doctors will operate on Yeltsin's heart in mid-November, the head of the Kremlin medical centre said on Wednesday, dismissing concern over a blood problem which he said had now been solved.
- Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (R) speaks with Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko during their meeting in Minsk September 8. Putin arrived for a one day working visit to attend the meeting of Russian and Belarussian government's heads due in the capital of Belarus on Wednesday. VF/CVI
- Cuban President Fidel Castro meets Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko in Havana, September 3, 2000. Lukashenko arrived in communist-ruled Cuba on a three-day official visit which will include talks with Castro and the signing of bilateral accords to strengthen ties between the two states, which are both resisting Western pressure to introduce political reforms. JS/ME
- Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) speaks with his Belarussian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko during their informal meeting in Minsk May 31, 2001. Belarus is hosting 12 former Soviet republics on Friday for the CIS Summit meeting. CVI
- Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez (L) smiles as he meets his Belarussian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko in Minsk July 24, 2006. Chavez on Monday lauded Lukashenko, accused in the West of crushing fundamental rights, as a friend and vowed to join him in creating a "fighting team". REUTERS/BelTa (BELARUS)
- Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez (L) and his Belarussian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko inspect the guards of honour during Chavez' official visit in Minsk July 24, 2006. Chavez on Monday lauded Lukashenko, accused in the West of crushing fundamental rights, as a friend and vowed to join him in creating a "fighting team". REUTERS/BelTa (BELARUS)
- Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and his Belarussian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko attend a wreath laying ceremony in Minsk December 14, 2007. The President of Belarus on Friday discounted suggestions that Russian leader Vladimir Putin could use talks on rejuvenating the notion of a merged post-Soviet state to create a power base after he steps down next year. REUTERS/RIA-Novosti/Kremlin (BELARUS)
- Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko (R) meets Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi at the international airport in Minsk November 2, 2008. REUTERS/BelTa/ Nikolai Petrov/Pool (BELARUS)
- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (L) and his Belarussian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko attend a ceremony marking the anniversary of Nazi Germany's 1941 invasion of the Soviet Union, in Brest June 22, 2008. REUTERS/RIA Novosti/Pool (BELARUS)
- Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko (R) and Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko talk as they meet in Kiev, November 5, 2009. Lukashenko began his first visit to Ukraine in five years. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich (UKRAINE POLITICS)
- Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko (R) shakes hands with Ukraine's Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko as they meet in Kiev, November 5, 2009. Lukashenko began his first visit to Ukraine in five years. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich (UKRAINE POLITICS)
- Pope Benedict XVI is handed a children's book by Nikolai, son of Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko (L), during their meeting at the Vatican April 27, 2009. REUTERS/Chris Helgren (VATICAN POLITICS RELIGION)
- Chinese Vice-President Xi Jinping (L) and Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko meet for talks in Minsk, March 24, 2010. REUTERS/Maxim Guchek/Belta (BELARUS - Tags: POLITICS)
- Chinese Vice-President Xi Jinping (L) and Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko (R) meet for talks in Minsk, March 24, 2010. REUTERS/Maxim Guchek/Belta (BELARUS - Tags: POLITICS)
- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko (L) smile during an agreement signing ceremony at Miraflores Palace in Caracas March 17, 2010. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins (VENEZUELA - Tags: POLITICS)
- Police detain an activists from women's rights group Femen, as she protests against the plans of Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko to attend the Euro 2012 final soccer match, in front of the Olympic stadium in Kiev July 1, 2012. The Euro 2012 final soccer match between Spain and Italy will be played today. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich (UKRAINE - Tags: SPORT SOCCER CIVIL UNREST) TEMPLATE OUT
- Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko (R) shakes hands with his Bolivian counterpart Evo Morales during a meeting in Minsk, September 4, 2013. REUTERS/Gennady Semyonov/BelTA/Handout via Reuters (BELARUS - Tags: POLITICS) ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS PICTURE IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
- Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko (R) welcomes Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel (C) and France's President Francois Hollande during a meeting in Minsk, February 11, 2015. The leaders of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine were due to attend a peace summit on Wednesday, but Ukraine's pro-Moscow separatists diminished the chance of a deal by launching some of the war's worst fighting in an assault on a government garrison. REUTERS/Grigory Dukor (BELARUS - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)
- Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko (R) welcomes Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel (C) and France's President Francois Hollande during a meeting in Minsk, February 11, 2015. The leaders of France, Germany, Russia and Ukraine were due to attend a peace summit on Wednesday, but Ukraine's pro-Moscow separatists diminished the chance of a deal by launching some of the war's worst fighting in an assault on a government garrison. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko (BELARUS - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT)
- Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko (R) and French actor Gerard Depardieu carry scythes as they walk at the Ozerny presidential residence outside Minsk, Belarus, July 22, 2015. Picture taken July 22, 2015. REUTERS/Andrei Stasevich/BelTA/Handout via Reuters ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS IMAGE. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS PICTURE IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS.
- Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko (R) shakes hands with his Serbian counterpart Tomislav Nikolic during a welcoming ceremony in Minsk, Belarus, November 19, 2015. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko
- President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko uses a handkerchief during a commemoration ceremony, which marks the anniversary of the nuclear disaster, at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Ukraine, April 26, 2017. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
- Presidents of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko (R) and Belarus Alexander Lukashenko attend a commemoration ceremony, which marks the anniversary of the nuclear disaster, near a New Safe Confinement (NSC) structure over the old sarcophagus covering the damaged fourth reactor at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, Ukraine, April 26, 2017. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
- Presidents Vladimir Putin (L) of Russia and Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus speak during an ice hockey game at the Shayba Arena in Sochi, Russia February 15, 2019. Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev/Kremlin via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.
- Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko (R) enjoy mountain skiing at the Gazprom Mountain Resort (Laura) in the Black sea resort of Sochi, Russia February 13, 2019. Sergei Chirikov/Pool via REUTERS
- U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko attend a meeting in Minsk, Belarus, February 1, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/Pool
- Belarusian law enforcement officers stand guard during a rally of opposition supporters following the presidential election in Minsk, Belarus August 10, 2020. The opposition rejected official election results handing President Alexander Lukashenko a landslide re-election victory. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko
- People take part in a protest against the presidential election results demanding the resignation of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and the release of political prisoners, in Minsk, Belarus August 16, 2020. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko