Belarus opposition candidate rejects election result after night of protests
Monday, 10 August 2020 () The main opposition candidate in Belarus’s election has rejected the official results that gave President Alexander Lukashenko a landslide victory and her team has vowed to stay in the country to campaign for a change of power. “I will believe my own eyes — the majority was for us,” Svetlana Tikhanovskaya told reporters in the capital Minsk on Monday, after widespread reports of vote-tampering in Sunday’s election. Tikhanouskaya said she considered herself the election winner not Lukashenko, and described the election as massively rigged. Her aides said the opposition wanted a vote recount at polling stations where there were problems. They also said the opposition wanted to hold talks with...
He's been dubbed Europe's last dictator and has been president of Belarus since 1994. But, ahead of elections on Sunday, what else do we know about Alexander Lukashenko?
Monday, 10 August 2020 ()
The main opposition candidate in Belarus’s election has rejected the official results that gave President Alexander Lukashenko a landslide victory and her team has vowed to stay in the country to campaign for a change of power. “I will believe my own eyes — the majority was for us,” Svetlana Tikhanovskaya told reporters in the capital Minsk on Monday, after widespread reports of vote-tampering in Sunday’s election. Tikhanouskaya said she considered herself the election winner not Lukashenko, and described the election as massively rigged. Her aides said the opposition wanted a vote recount at polling stations where there were problems. They also said the opposition wanted to hold talks with...