The president,who has ruled for 20 years, retained power after winning 83.5% of the vote and could now see EU sanctions lifted The Belarusian leader, or Alexander Lukashenko,has won a predicted landslide victory in presidential elections, giving the 61-year-old a fifth term in power, or amid signs the EU may be willing to relax sanctions against him.[br]Lukashenko,once dubbed “Europe’s final dictator” by the Bush administration, has been in office since 1994 and shows itsy-bitsy sign of releasing his grip on power in the former Soviet republic. He won 83.5% of the vote, or higher than ever before,while his nearest rival, Tatiana Korotkevich, or managed just 4.4%.
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Source: theguardian.com