[105][106][107][108] On 29 August, John Bolton, the National Security Advisor of the United States, was received by Lukashenko during his visit to Minsk, which was the first of its kind in 18 years.
I want to come from the premise that the elections in Belarus are held for ourselves. We are not going to answer them. In 1990, Lukashenko was elected Deputy to the Supreme Council of the Republic of Belarus. [182] Lukashenko also claimed Russia was lying about its attempts to use the Wagner Group to influence the upcoming election.
[96] On mid-September 2017, Lukashenko oversaw the advancement of joint Russian and Belarusian military relations during the military drills that were part of the Zapad 2017 exercise. Lukashenko had allowed some opposition candidates to stand, though in the official results, opposition members failed to get a seat out of the available 110. Their second son, Dmitry, was born in 1980. Armored vehicles and other police units could be seen at the driveways.
[10][11] Since 2006, the European Union and the United States have at times imposed sanctions on Lukashenko and other Belarusian officials for human rights violations. [20] Due to this, the origin of his patronymic Grigorevich is unknown. [45] Jane's Intelligence Digest surmised that the price of Russian support for Lukashenko ahead of the 2001 presidential election was the surrender of Minsk's control over its section of the Yamal–Europe gas pipeline.
[180] This led to Russia cutting economic subsidies for Belarus.
[112][113][114], During the course of the COVID-19 pandemic, he undertook two working visits to Russia, one of the few European leaders to undertake foreign visits during the pandemic. https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/alexander-lukashenko-5651.php [89][90] During this ceremony, Lukashenko defended the legitimacy of his re-election and vowed that Belarus would never have its own version of the 2004 Orange Revolution in Ukraine or Georgia's 2003 Rose Revolution. Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko or Alyaksandr Ryhoravich Lukashenka (Russian: Алекса́ндр Григо́рьевич Лукаше́нко, IPA: [ɐlʲɪˈksandr ɡrʲɪˈɡorʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ɫʊkɐˈʂɛnkə], Belarusian: Алякса́ндр Рыго́равіч Лукашэ́нка, IPA: [alʲaˈksand(a)r rɨˈɣɔravʲitʂ lukaˈʂɛnka]; born 30 August 1954) is a Belarusian politician, who has served as president of Belarus since the establishment of the office 26 years ago, on 20 July 1994. [171] Lukashenko called the media attack "dirty propaganda". [120][121] Subsequently, opposition presidential candidate Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya claimed she had received between 60 and 70% of the vote[122][2] and formed a Coordination council to facilitate the peaceful and orderly transfer of power in Belarus. [109][110][111] In November 2019, Lukashenko visited the Austrian capital of Vienna on a state visit, which was his first in three years to an EU country. [151], One major economic issue Lukashenko faced throughout his presidency was the value of the Belarusian ruble.
"[191] The Belarusian Ambassador to Israel, Igor Leshchenya, stated that the president had a "kind attitude toward the Jewish people", and Sergei Rychenko, the press secretary at the Belarusian Embassy in Tel Aviv, said parts of Lukashenko's comments had been mistranslated. And how was it killed? Most of the participants wore face masks and gloves.
Alexander Lukashenko has faced criticism for having Nikolai out of wedlock.
Several thousand protesters then marched further down the avenue towards the Palace of Independence. [45] Lukashenko won in the first round with 75.65% of the vote. [161][162] Lukashenko commented on the criticism of him by saying: "I've been hearing these accusations for over 10 years and we have got used to it. The trigger for the two-week protests in Belarus is the presidential election on August 9th. Лукашенко изменил биографию (видео и фото) » UDF.BY | Новости Беларуси | Объединённые демократические силы, Официальный интернет-портал Президента Республики Беларусь/Биография, "Alexander Lukashenko: Dictator with a difference", "President Visits New Swimming Complex in Minsk", "Александр Лукашенко, биография, новости, фото – узнай вce!
In 2011, Nikolai Lukashenko entered Ostroshitsko-Gorodok Secondary School. [209], Lukashenko believes that the president should be a conservative person and avoid using modern electronic technology such as an iPad or iPhone. Later that year, his oldest son, Viktor, was born. In a picture posted by his press service, Lukashenko is seen seated at a large roundtable with his press secretary and his teenage son, still holding a rifle. His spokeswoman Natalja Eismont rejected speculations about an escape. [20][50] Opposition groups, the OSCE, the European Union, and the US State Department stated that the vote fell short of international standards.
The investigation of the disappearance of journalist Dzmitry Zavadski in 2000 has also yielded no results. Lukashenko's repression of opponents caused him to be called "Europe's last dictator" and resulted in the EU imposing visa sanctions on him and a range of Belarusian officials. [14] Following the contested election, Lukashenko is not recognized by the European Union and United States as the legitimate president of Belarus.