BBC in Tasty Exchange with Belarus President

Belarus Alexander Luakshhenko’s long -time leader, once called “Europe’s last dictator”, has been re -elected President with 86.8% of the votes.

The result has been condemned as a sham by Luakshhenco’s opponents and Western governments.

There were four other names on the ballot – carefully chosen whether there is no challenge for the current leadership – and no trusted contenders were allowed to participate in the election, because all opposition figures are either in jail or exile abroad Are in

In a four -and -a -half -hour press conference, BBC’s Russia editor Steve Rosenberg asked questions about democracy and political prisoners.