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Polls open in Belarus presidential election with chance of change at the top slim
euronews (in English)
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26/01/2025
Voting started following a period of almost non-existent election fever. In the capital Minsk, there’s an almost total absence of billboards promoting the candidates and there has been little in the way of campaigning.
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Polls have opened in Belarus in a presidential election, which is all but certain to see
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Alexander Lukashenko win a seventh term in office.
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Voting got underway following a period of almost non-existent election fever.
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In the capital Minsk, there was an almost total absence of billboards promoting the
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candidates and there's been little in the way of campaigning.
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Seventy-year-old Lukashenko, frequently dubbed Europe's last dictator, has ruled Belarus
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with an iron fist since 1994.
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In the last election in 2020, he was declared winner with 80% of the vote.
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That triggered accusations of voter fraud, months of protests and a harsh crackdown leading
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to 65,000 arrests.
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Opposition figures were jailed or forced to flee.
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This time, the country's 7 million registered voters can choose between five candidates,
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and only one of whom is regarded as critical of Lukashenko's rule.
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