Polls open in Belarus with Lukashenko’s 30-year rule set to be extended
by Agence France-Presse from World news | The Guardian on (#6TTYG)
The 70-year-old former collective farm boss has been in power in reclusive, Moscow-allied Belarus since 1994
Belarusians began voting on Sunday, with president Alexander Lukashenko expected to cruise to victory unchallenged for a seventh term, prolonging his three-decade authoritarian rule.
Lukashenko - a 70-year-old former collective farm boss - has been in power in reclusive, Moscow-allied Belarus since 1994.
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