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'Don't overdo it, Steve': The BBC in testy exchange with Belarus president

Updated: Jan 31, 2025

After an election win which has been widely criticised as illegitimate, Alexander Lukashenko faced questions from the BBC's Russia editor Steve Rosenberg.

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The result has been condemned as a sham by Lukashenko's opponents and Western governments.

There were four other names on the ballot - carefully chosen to present no challenge to the current leadership - and no credible contenders were allowed to take part in the election, as all opposition figures are either in jail or in exile abroad.

In a mammoth four-and-a-half hour press conference on Sunday evening, the BBC's Russia editor Steve Rosenberg asked questions about democracy and political prisoners.

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