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Between 100,000 and 300,000 people are estimated to have joined Saturday's demonstration in Belgrade

Protesters claim the authorities used sound cannon against them

President Alexander Lukashenko has ruled Belarus since 1994

Belarus is holding its first presidential election since 2020 mass anti-government protests

President Alexander Lukashenko prides himself for having kept the country's Soviet-era industries and agriculture enterprises in state hands

Lukashenko has been in power for three decades

Belarusians began voting Sunday, with President Alexander Lukashenko expected to cruise through to victory unchallenged for a seventh term

All of President Alexander Lukashenko's political opponents are either in prison -- some held incommunicado -- or in exile along with tens of …