Belarus's longtime president, Alexander Lukashenko, has explained that his political opponents had 'chosen' prison or exile when asked whether the presidential election at the weekend was free and fair.
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Kaja Kallas, the EU’s top diplomat, has called the election a 'sham', adding: 'Lukashenko doesn’t have any legitimacy.' Lukashenko was reelected as president for the seventh time with 86% of the vote
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