The incumbent President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko has published the electoral programme. He promised to double wages in five years “to expand the geography of the friendly countries”.The basic theses of the program Mr. Lukashenka In Belarus today, August 4, began early voting on elections of the head of state. Primary election day — August 9th. The election is contested by five people. In addition to Mr. Lukashenka was co-chair of the public movement “Tell the truth” Andrey Dmitriev, former Deputy of the lower chamber of the Belarusian Parliament Anna Konopacka, Chairman of the party “Belarusian social-democratic Gramada” Sergey and Svetlana Caraceni Tikhanovski, the wife of blogger Sergei Tikhanovski, who was unable to hand over documents for participation in elections because of the arrest. With a staff of Mrs. Tikhanovski merged the staffs of the two unregistered candidates, former Chairman of the Board of Belgazprombank Viktor Babariko and the former head of high-tech Park Valery Tsepkalo. Mr. Babariko is in custody on charges of corruption, and Mr. Tsepkalo went to Russia because of the threat of arrest. On the campaign trail — in the material “Kommersant” “a Rattling jalopy of power is falling apart on the go”.What happened in Belarus on the eve of the next fiberoptical
