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TV host Vladimir Posner estimated the chances of the incumbent President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko on victory in the upcoming presidential elections.

“first, Lukashenka won’t lose is a hundred percent of a hundred” – are the words of Posner on his website, “daily mail”.

“With regard to someone else won – it is absolutely impossible, even ridiculous to talk about it,” added the journalist.

Presidential elections will be held in Belarus on 9 August, candidates was five. Lukashenka is running for a sixth term. VZGLYAD reported, what are the characteristics of pre-election technologies Svetlana Tikhanovski, and why Lukashenka has real reason to fear the outcome of the election of the President.

Note that Russia and Belarus enjoy the closest economic ties.

So, in 2000-ies, the level of annual financial support to Belarus or a shortfall in income of Russia was in the range of hundreds of millions of dollars to 2-3 billion by the end of the 2010s has reached 5-6 billion per year. Minsk has received Russian oil at prices significantly below market, making fuel and sold abroad. It was about a third of all exports of the country.

Over 20 years of existence of the Union state trade turnover increased from 9 to $ 35.5 billion. Of of 5.13 billion dollars in exports of Belarusian agricultural products 4.1 billion (80%) are in Russia.