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Belarus election is poised to extend the 30-year rule of 'Europe's last dictator' (apnews.com)
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With many of his political opponents either jailed or exiled abroad, the 70-year-old Lukashenko is back on the ballot, and when the election concludes on Sunday, he is all but certain to add a seventh term as the only leader most people in post-Soviet Belarus have ever known.

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[–] FlowVoid 6 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Continental boundaries do not necessarily align with national boundaries, so several countries occupy more than one continent.

Russia, like Turkey, is usually considered to be partly in Europe and partly in Asia. In fact the Council of Europe includes both of them, though Russia left in 2022.