Putin’s pal Lukashenko ‘wins’ sham Belarus election with 87% of vote…& will let Vlad deploy ‘unstoppable’ new missiles
Putin’s pal Lukashenko ‘wins’ sham Belarus election with 87% of vote…& will let Vlad deploy ‘unstoppable’ new missiles
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VLADIMIR Putin's best pal has "won" a sham election with 87 per cent of the vote and is now set to host the Russian dictator's "unstoppable" new missiles. Alexander Lukashenko, 70, will continue his 30-year iron-fisted rule of Belarus after he rigged Sunday's poll.
![[Alexander Lukashenko casting his ballot.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/belarusian-president-alexander-lukashenko-casts-966787564.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
The dictator never faced proper opposition after he ruthlessly crushed protests following his 2020 election 'win'. There were four candidates running against Lukashenko in this year's choreographed race - but all were loyal to him. In a symbolic but bizarre moment, the mustachioed strongman's little, fluffy, white Spitz dog urinated against a door at the polling station where dictator voted.
![[Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko shaking hands.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/russian-president-vladimir-putin-right-875265200.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
Then, as the 'vote' was ongoing, Lukashenko held a televised four-hour press conference. He declared his political opponents were free to make democratic choices about how they would let him win. Lukashenko said: "Everyone has the right to choose. That is democracy.
![[Lukashenko walking with a small dog and his entourage.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Lukashenko.png?strip=all&w=714)
"Some chose prison, others chose exile. We never forced anyone out of the country.". Western politicians have slated the election as a "sham" while the Kremlin lauded Lukashenko's win as "predictable". His total of 86.8 per cent was just lower than Putin's 'election' in March last year - where Vlad polled 88.5 per cent.
![[Incumbent President Alexander Lukashenko voting in Belarusian presidential election.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/five-candidates-including-incumbent-president-966865730.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
Polling higher than his more powerful pal Putin, 72, could have left the Belarusian red-faced. Lukashenko has been Putin's closest ally in the invasion of Ukraine and has hosted the Russian army before it crossed the border to attack Kyiv. He is now set to host Putin's new Oreshnik ‘unstoppable wonder' missiles as Putin threatens to use them against his enemies.
![[Infographic on the Oreshnik hypersonic missile: speed, warheads, temperature, range, and first use.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/KS_fact-file-new-tank-Oreshnik-missile-GRAPHIC.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
