DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - Exiled opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya has accused Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko of playing games with the West by drip-feeding releases of political prisoners ahead of an election on Sunday in which he is set to extend his 31-year rule.

Although there is currently a surplus of electricity, there may be a need for more in the future. The location for the plant has not been decided, but possible sites include "expanding the one in Ostrovka,

Nikolai Lukashenko, a "copy of his father" Alexander, appears to be being groomed to take power in Belarus.Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko's youngest son, Nikolai, has been appearing ever more frequently in the media lately.

Exiled opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya criticizes Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko's pre-election release of political prisoners as a deceitful tactic to appeal to the West. She urges the cessation of repression and the release of all prisoners,

Russian troops used Belarus as a staging ground during their February 2022 assault on Kyiv. Meanwhile, Lukashenko has boasted that Belarus is playing host to dozens of Russian nuclear weapons, and revealed in December that he was anticipating the arrival of new hypersonic missiles .

Belarus should promote its mechanical engineering industry, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with the labor collectives of Minsk Automobile Plant (MAZ trademark) and other enterprises of the MAZ holding company on ,

I am going to discuss with Russian President Vladimir Putin the construction of a second nuclear power plant in Belarus, Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko said as he met with the labor collectives of Minsk Automobile Plant (MAZ trademark) and other enterprises of the MAZ holding company.

Authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko often claimed in his three decades in power that Belarus has no political prisoners, but activists say it currently holds about 1,300 of them. Many endure harsh conditions like Bialiatski, 62, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2022 for his human rights activism and is believed to be in worsening health.

Jailed Belarusian politician Viktor Babariko, who was arrested while trying to run in a 2020 election against President Alexander Lukashenko, has been allowed to send a message to his family for the first time in nearly two years.

The Belarusian Central Election Commission (CEC) said Tuesday 7.81 percent of eligible voters cast their ballots on the first of early voting in the presidential elections. The turnout in the Brest region stood at 8.

The Belarusian leader said the US President shouldnt have spent half of his inauguration speech belittling his predecessor Belarusian Pre

Early voting began on Jan. 21 in the Belarusian presidential election scheduled for Jan. 26, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty reported.