Source: Politico
“Belarus will hold its next presidential election on Jan. 26, 2025, the country’s Central Electoral Commission announced Wednesday. Alexander Lukashenko, the Belarusian dictator who has run the country since 1994 and is a staunch ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, previously said he will run again — and he is not expected to lose. Belarusians this year voted in parliamentary elections in which all four parties on the ballot backed Lukashenko’s regime, after the ruler dissolved all the other parties following fraudulent presidential elections in 2020, which were condemned across Europe and the West. The 2020 vote ignited mass protests that almost led to Lukashenko’s fall — but for a brutal campaign to suppress protesters and opponents which was backed by Putin.” (10/23/24)
https://www.politico.eu/article/belarus-announces-date-for-lukashenkos-re-election