Belarus Elections End With Landslide Winner — And Massive Protests

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Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, candidate for the presidential elections, speaks at a news conference after the Belarusian presidential election in Minsk, Belarus, on Monday.





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Protesters carry a wounded man during clashes with police after the presidential election in Minsk, Belarus, early Monday, Aug. 10, 2020.





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Protesters carry a wounded man during clashes with police after the presidential election in Minsk, Belarus, early Monday, Aug. 10, 2020.


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Lukashenko was defiant after the violence, calling the protesters «sheep who were controlled by foreign puppet-masters. He said he saw no need to hold talks with Tikhanovskaya.

«Our response will be appropriate, he said during a visit to a new animal feed plant outside Minsk. «We won’t let the country be torn apart.

Chinese President Xi Jinping was the first foreign leader to congratulate Lukashenko on his reelection, followed by Russian President Vladimir Putin and the leaders of the former Soviet republics of Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Armenia.

• Alexander Lukashenko


• Svetlana Tikhanovskaya


• Belarus


• Elections