Belarus’ authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko, who has been in power for over 30 years, is poised to extend his rule in an election that concludes Sunday and that the opposition dismisses as a farce.

With many of his political opponents either jailed or exiled abroad, the 70-year-old Lukashenko is back on the ballot, and when the election concludes on Sunday, he is all but certain to add a seventh term as the only leader most people in post-Soviet Belarus have ever known.

  • @lambipapp
    20•11 days ago

    I think he tries to say that Lukasjenko is not 'the last dictator of Europe’s due to Putins firm grip of Russia. But yes, strange way to phrase it.

    • @[email protected]OPEnglish
      4•11 days ago

      Ah. Even though Moscow is west of the Urals Russia is usually considered Asia afaik. Geography is not my strong suite though so I don’t get why other than it isn’t fully encompassed within Europe’s borders.

      • @FlowVoidEnglish
        6•11 days ago

        Continental boundaries do not necessarily align with national boundaries, so several countries occupy more than one continent.

        Russia, like Turkey, is usually considered to be partly in Europe and partly in Asia. In fact the Council of Europe includes both of them, though Russia left in 2022.