Alexander Lukashuk

Apr 10, 2024 | americanpurpose.com | Natalie Gonnella-Platts |Jeffrey Gedmin |Alexander Lukashuk

Two and a half years after losing the presidential election to Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Belarus’ strongman Alexander Lukashenko is still finding new enemies to punish for the political scare he received in August 2020. Late last month, former Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty journalist Ihar Karnei was sentenced to three years in prison and given a hefty fine for “participation in an extremist organization”—the Belarusian Association of Journalists.

Jul 13, 2023 | aei.org | Giselle Donnelly |Dalibor Rohac |Iulia Joja |Alexander Lukashuk

Of all the possible outcomes of Prigozhin’s mutiny, most experts probably didn’t expect to see Belarus figure itself so prominently in the narrative. Indeed, as Belarusian president Aleksandr Lukashenko agreed to allow both Progizhin and Wagner forces into the country, questions arose about the fate of the Belarusian-Russian connection.