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Election in Belarus is poised to extend the 30-year rule of 'Europe's last dictator'

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The last time Belarus staged a presidential election in 2020 , authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko was declared the winner with 80% of the vote.

That triggered cries of fraud, months of protests and a harsh crackdown with thousands of arrests.

With many of his political opponents either jailed or exiled abroad, he is back on the ballot, and when the election concludes on Sunday he is all but certain to add a seventh term.

In December 2024 , Lukashenko and Putin signed a treaty that gave security guarantees to Belarus that included the possible use of Russian nuclear weapons.

The pact followed Moscow ’s revision of its nuclear doctrine, which for the first time placed Belarus under the Russian nuclear umbrella amid tensions with the West .

Opposition leader-in-exile Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya says the latest vote is a farce.

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