President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko is preparing an urgent appeal to the citizens of the Republic. About this informed the radio station “Kommersant FM” with reference to the press-Secretary of Lukashenko Natalia Eismont.
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Lukashenko is preparing an urgent appeal to the Belarusian people — the Press-Secretary Eismont.— Kommersant FM 93,6 (@KFM936) August 13, 2020
As reported by “the Rambler”, August 9, in Belarus presidential elections were held. According to the CEC, the elections were won by incumbent President Alexander Lukashenko – he scored more than 80% of the votes.
Lukashenko began to lose allies
The main rival of Lukashenko Svetlana Tikhanovski did not recognize the election results and demanded a partial recount. After the voting in Belarus began protests, which were harshly suppressed by the police, Riot police and internal troops.
13 Aug across Belarus held a strike at the largest enterprises: the BelAZ, MAZ, Minsk tractor plant (MTZ), Belarusian steel works, “Grodno-Azot”, etc. Workers demand to stop the violence of security forces against peaceful demonstrators and the recount of votes in the election.
