MINSK, 20 December (BelTA) - President Alexander Lukashenko won the presidential election of Belarus with 79.67% of the vote. According to the preliminary voting results, 5,122,000 voters supported the incumbent head of state, chairperson of the Central Election Commission Lidia Yermoshina told reporters in the CEC Information Center.
Grigory Kostusev gained 1.97% of the vote, Alexei Mikhalevich – 1.02%, Vladimir Neklyaev – 1.77%, Yaroslav Romanchuk – 1.97%, Vitaly Rymashevsky –...
MINSK, 19 December (BelTA) – Over 65% of Belarusians have come to the polls by 2pm, BelTA learnt from the Central Election Commission of Belarus.
65.2% of Belarusians (4.625 million people) took part in the election as of 2pm.
In Brest Oblast 64.8% of Belarusians cast their votes, in Vitebsk Oblast 71.8%, in Gomel Oblast 70.2%, in Grodno Oblast 62.7%, in Minsk Oblast 68.7%, in Mogilev Oblast 68.8%, in the city of Minsk 53.4%. Some 55.3% of Belarusians living abroad have also cast their...
MIR, 16 December (BelTA) - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko says he is not worried by the reports about the attempts on his life. The president made this statement when answering the questions of journalists.
When addressing a question to the head of state, reporters noted that a few months ago there was a video on the Internet featuring an officer of Russia’s special services, who spoke about possible physical elimination of the President of Belarus. Recently one of the...