Belarus is an authoritarian state in which political power is concentrated around Alexander Lukashenko, who has remained president since the country's first presidential election following the dissolu
The first government of the Belarusian Democratic Republic, 1918
Stanislav Shushkevich, the first head of state of independent Belarus
A demonstration by the Belarusian Popular Front in Kurapaty, 1989
A demonstration by the opposition after the 2006 presidential election