298K views · 2K reactions | Belarus has been gripped by mass protests over the disputed re-election of President Alexander Lukashenko. But who is opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya and why have people chosen now to protest against a president who's been in power for 26 years? https://bbc.in/3j8hUxv | BBC News | Facebook

More than 2,000 people have been detained in Belarus following protests against the contested re-election of President Alexander Lukashenko | Read more: https://bit.ly/2CggfGk | RTÉ News

After the Belarusian president, Alexander Lukashenko, ordered a Ryanair flight to divert to Minsk and arrest a wanted dissident who was on board, opposition activists inside the country were shocked and scared. Now, they’re reflecting on whether a year of protests has changed anything. https://bbc.in/2SLmLwH | BBC News

185K views · 1.3K reactions |  Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko jokes that he's still waiting for Vladimir Putin to appoint him as a colonel after he served in the Soviet army. “Putin is a colonel, he promised to appoint me as colonel - he still hasn’t done it,” Lukashenko said in an interview. | Euronews English | Facebook

231K views · 17K reactions | Russian President Vladimir Putin and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has laid a wreath to a World War Two monument in Volgograd. Lukashenko, who is expected to attend Victory Day celebrations in Moscow on May 9, made a visit to Russia's Volgograd to take part in a forum ahead of the event. #putin #lukashenko #russia #belarus #volgograd | CGTNEurope | Facebook