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Polls open in Belarus with Lukashenko’s 30-year rule set to be extended | Belarus newsthirst.

Belarusians began voting on Sunday, with president Alexander Lukashenko expected to cruise to victory unchallenged for a seventh term, prolonging his three-decade authoritarian rule. Lukashenko – a 70-year-old former collective farm boss – has been in power in reclusive, Moscow-allied Belarus since 1994. Polls opened at 08:00 am (0500 GMT) in Minsk’s first presidential vote…

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