During the recent presidential
elections, Alexander Lukashenko received a quite high vote of confidence –
83.5%. Some of your colleagues with opposition views think the serious unrest
and domestic instability in neighboring Ukraine played a significant role here.
Indeed, the Ukrainian crisis has frightened
the Belarusian society and the demand for stability and strong power has grown
in Belarus. Though Belarus is suffering a grave economic crisis (since early
2015 the GDP has dropped by 3.7%), Lukashenko still enjoys the confidence of a
part of the Belarusian society amid the developments in Ukraine.
The EU’s positive assessment of the
elections in Belarus demonstrates obvious warming of …read more
Source: Arminfo
