Elections provided the basis for peace and stability in the country, the politician and expert stated. By Özgür Altınbaş There was an 85.7 percent turnout in the presidential elections held in Belarus on January 26. Igor Karpenko, Chairman of the Belarusian Central Election Commission (CEC), stated that 5 million 916 thousand 195 Belarusians voted. President Alexander Lukashenko won the election ...
The situation in Belarus has remained extremely tense in recent weeks. On August 23, a mass opposition rally took place in the center of the country’s capital Minsk. In the streets, the army ensured order. President Alexander Lukashenko appeared in public with an automatic rifle and promised to fight against Western intervention. What is happening in this former Soviet republic ...