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

THOUSANDS PROTEST: Protests in Belarus continued for a sixth straight day over the election victory of President Alexander Lukashenko, with the longtime leader now reaching out to Russian President Vladimir Putin for support. Julia Macfarlane reports. https://abcn.ws/3kMDCZy | ABC World News Tonight with David Muir

12K views · 383 reactions | President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said that he accepted an invitation from US President Donald Trump to join Trump’s “Board of Peace.” Lukashenko has ruled Belarus since 1994 and is a close ally of President Vladimir Putin, whom Trump also invited to join the Board of Peace. | Newsweek | Facebook

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko jokingly told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin that he hoped for some rest, but “life doesn't allow us to relax much.” “I thought, probably since you held your Direct Line, and I spoke at the All-Belarusian Assembly, perhaps we completed the main events and could somehow relax. But nothing like that. Life doesn't allow us to relax much,” Lukashenko told Putin as the pair met on the sidelines of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council summit. #Russia

Oggi il Presidente Vladimir Putin è in Bielorussia, in occasione del terzo Forum delle regioni russe e bielorusse. Al suo arrivo a Minsk per incontrare il presidente bielorusso Alexander Lukashenko, Putin gli ha detto: "Non dormo molto", l'altro ieri sera ho dormito per quattro ore, la scorsa notte per cinque ore. Presidente deve riposare di più! :) #Putin #Minsk #dormopoco #Putinmania #PutinGirls | Putin Team Italia

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