Around a month before Russia held its presidential elections that were neither free nor fair, Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko held his own election-style event. Elections in Belarus, similar to those of neighboring Russia, are little more than a formality.
Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko enacts restrictive religious law, mandating re-registration of every religious organization in the country and broadening grounds for their banning. Belarus refuses to let OSCE observe parliamentary elections, citing alleged "dominance of Western representatives in OSCE missions" and sanctions policies. Belarus and Sweden recall their emissaries in a diplomatic clash due to the appointment of a Swedish special envoy to the exiled Belarusian democratic movement.
"There is no common document passed by all the member nations, heads of state, ratified by all member countries of the organization," chairman of the Belarusian Central Election Commission points out
The Belarusian People's Congress will strengthen social cohesion and responsibility of each citizen for the fate of the homeland, Chairman of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus Vladimir Andreichenko said at a meeting of the ninth session of the House of Representatives of the seventh convocation on 25 January.
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