Kolya “might become the president in some 20 years,” Lukashenko once said. Since Kolya was a toddler, his father has jailed his opponents and potential presidential rivals.

Kolya's mother is widely assumed to be Lukashenko's former personal doctor, Irina Abelskaya. Kolya's existence only became widely known when he was three, according to the Belarus Partisan website.

Mr Lukashenko made the announcement about Kolya's potential succession during a trip to Venezuela this week, where the pair were given a lavish welcome by President Hugo Chavez.

Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko surprised some onlookers by taking his 11-year-old son to the UN General Assembly in New York. Kolya was photographed posing with his father alongside Barack ...

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko responded to huge anti-government protests and calls for his resignation by posting ... Accompanied by armed soldiers and his 15-year-old son Kolya, ...

On August 9, Canada imposed sanctions on ten individuals and six legal entities in Belarus. The list includes the son of self-proclaimed President Alexander Lukashenko, Nikolai, according to the ...

Three years ago Aleksandr Lukashenko paid a visit to the Polesie Radiation and Ecological Reserve, the region that bore the brunt of contamination following the Chernobyl accident.

Read CNN’s Fast Facts for some background information about Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.

He is 11 years old but has already attended the UN General Assembly, had his picture taken with US President Barack Obama and met a pope -- and he has his own golden gun. Meet Kolya, Belarussian ...

Jokes about Kolya’s being groomed as Lukashenko’s successor are swapped by Belarusians, who say the president will rule “until Kolya”. Lukashenko himself in 2012 told Chavez that “there ...