Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko was sworn in for his seventh term in office on March 25 at the Independence Palace ...

“Turkey is now ruled by a strongman under a hyper-presidential system, backed by an oligarchic party with a vast clientelist network. If you dare speak your mind, you may face a knock at the door at ...

Welcome to the world of the global “strongman”. It’s worth adding ... Belarusian president, Alexander Lukashenko, and North Korea’s supreme leader Kim Jong-un. But there are other long ...

VLADIMIR Putin is clinging to power as rumours swirl that he’s dying from a cocktail of illnesses, with Volodymyr Zelensky ...

When Vladimir Putin launched his bid to be elected as Russia’s president in 2000, he had already been in the role for a month and a half. His predecessor Boris Yeltsin had stepped down on 31 ...

US President Donald Trump said he was “very angry, pissed off” with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, according to NBC, marking ...

US President Donald Trump said he was “very angry, pissed off” with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, NBC reported, marking a ...

Four US soldiers have been killed in Lithuania after disappearing while on a training exercise near the border with Belarus – a close ally of Russia.

THE first thing to note is that the epithet is meant to be anything but complimentary. In fact, many would argue that such politicians have been ...