Lukashenko takes home expected victory – gets 86.8 percent
Most people had already decided that Alexander Lukashenko would win Sunday's mock election in Belarus. And when the preliminary election results were ready on Monday morning, the authoritarian leader had received 86.8 percent of the vote, international news agencies report.
The election has been heavily criticized by the US and the EU, among others. EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has called the election a "scam". German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock writes on X that the people of Belarus had no choice.
Lukashenko has close ties to Vladimir Putin and has ruled Belarus since 1994.
Most people had already decided that Alexander Lukashenko would win Sunday's mock election in Belarus. And when the preliminary election results were ready on Monday morning, the authoritarian leader had received 86.8 percent of the vote, international news agencies report.
The election has been heavily criticized by the US and the EU, among others. EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has called the election a "scam". German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock writes on X that the people of Belarus had no choice.
Lukashenko has close ties to Vladimir Putin and has ruled Belarus since 1994.
Xi and Putin congratulate Lukashenko after the mock election
The results of the mock election in Belarus were announced today. Alexander Lukashenko won 86.8 percent of the vote, international news agencies report. The election has been criticized by the US and the EU, among others, and called a “sham”.
And now he is being congratulated by two authoritarian world leaders. Russian President Vladimir Putin says in a statement that the “convinced victory testifies to your high political authority”.
Chinese President Xi Jinping also congratulated Lukashenko on his election victory, the state news agency Xinhua reports, according to AFP.
This will be Alexander Lukashenko’s seventh term, writes AFP.
The results of the mock election in Belarus were announced today. Alexander Lukashenko won 86.8 percent of the vote, international news agencies report. The election has been criticized by the US and the EU, among others, and called a “sham”.
And now he is being congratulated by two authoritarian world leaders. Russian President Vladimir Putin says in a statement that the “convinced victory testifies to your high political authority”.
Chinese President Xi Jinping also congratulated Lukashenko on his election victory, the state news agency Xinhua reports, according to AFP.
This will be Alexander Lukashenko’s seventh term, writes AFP.
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