Belarus’ election extends President Lukashenko’s rule, called a sham by opposition, EU– www.foxnews.com
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Excerpt:United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres drew condemnation for his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin as well as his warm embrace with Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko while attending the BRICS summit in Russia.
- Belarus held an orchestrated election over the weekend that the opposition and the EU rejected as a farce, extending authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko’s more than three decades in power.
- Belarus’ 2020 election, which was also called a sham by dissenters, triggered months of unprecedented protests in the country.
- Lukashenko has been in power since 1994 and has relied on subsidies and political support from Russian President Vladimir Putin, who also helped him survive the 2020 protests.
