Authoritarian leader of Belarus is sworn for a 7th term and tells his critics 'you have no future'

Belarus president sworn in for seventh term, tells critics ‘you have no future’

Alexander Lukashenko, who has ruled since 1994, asserts that Belarus has more democracy than the West.

In Belarus, the authoritarian President Lukashenko has been sworn in for his seventh term.

Alexander Lukashenko sworn in for seventh term as president of Belarus

Lukashenko marked three decades in power last year and his political opponents have denounced the tightly orchestrated presidential election on 26 January as a farce.

Belarus’ authoritarian leader tells critics ‘you have no future’ as he is sworn for a seventh term

Hundreds of opposition supporters living abroad held anti-Lukashenko rallies Tuesday to mark the anniversary of Belarus’ short-lived independence in 1918

Authoritarian Leader of Belarus Is Sworn for a 7th Term and Tells His Critics 'you Have No Future'

Belarus' authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko was sworn in Tuesday to a seventh term, and he mocked those who derided him as “Europe's last dictator” by saying his country has more democracy “than those who cast themselves as its models.”

Authoritarian leader of Belarus sworn for seventh term

Mr Lukashenko marked three decades in power last year.