Putin ally Lukashenko declared winner of Belarus vote that West calls a charade

What a shocker!

There's no point in having elections when the winner is pre-decided by Moscow.

Congratulations Mr.Lukashenko you are the right one. Russia loves you, China sees you are a good friend !

30 years as president is too long for any country or any leader. Terms need to be limited to two or three. This was a rigged election. The result was known before a single ballot was cast.

Gee what a shocking result. Who could have predicted that!

Belarus does not want to be run by the loyal western-appointed 'opposition' and become the next victim like their neighbour.

JJEToday 10:45 am JST

Belarus does not want to be run by the loyal western-appointed 'opposition' and become the next victim like their neighbour.

The only reason they would become a victim is because of the animals next door.

The only reason they will become a victim is because they became collaborators like the animals next doors.

In photo 2 at the bottom, one can observe Lukashenko's pet dog, Umka, following him. Goes many places with him.

The part that many don't understand is that Lukashenko is genuinely extremely popular in Belarus. I was there about 15 years ago, he had super star status. Of course there is little or no negative press and a weak opposition but the idea that the election is rigged is false. They didn't need to stuff the ballet boxes.

JJEToday 11:00 am JST

The only reason they will become a victim is because they became collaborators like the animals next doors.

Yes, everyone is a collaborator except the saintly russian. No one believes this, not even the russian.

Mr KiplingToday 11:20 am JST

The part that many don't understand is that Lukashenko is genuinely extremely popular in Belarus. I was there about 15 years ago, he had super star status. Of course there is little or no negative press and a weak opposition but the idea that the election is rigged is false. They didn't need to stuff the ballet boxes.

Are you also under the impression that Kim Jong Un is the most popular world leader?

Exiled opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya called for an expansion of Western sanctions against Belarusian companies and individuals involved in repressing opponents of Lukashenko and supplying munitions for Russia's war effort in Ukraine.

This follows a familiar pattern of western-anointed 'opposition leaders' who call for sanctions and even intervention in their alleged country. They live in luxury abroad and have no domestic support or even a shred of credibility. They are funded by the usual three-lettered suspects and are more marketed towards the west.

Belarusians don't like collaborators; they have been ruthlessly assaulted by them. They also know Alexander Grigoryevich is a decent patriot who once was in the border guards and patrolled the frontiers of his land. He also understands a patient next door is chronically sick and needs forced intervention and some tough medicine to cure them of nasty concepts.

Whatever criticism, much of it is right and much is wrong, but this guy finally seems to have strong support from population. They are more skilled there on average than in Russia and are the technological and sophisticated military workbench for Putin. Btw, Lukashenko even managed complete security for his country by always getting the newest arms, including nuclear ones, for nearly FREE from his much bigger neighbor and ally. Which other smaller countries' leader can show up such a success? Not even any of the strongest US allies would get such confidential and nuclear warfare things nearly unasked and free into their own hands. And in the other bloc, not even Kim Jong-Un, too, who has to deliver something in return or gets only second class support and more outdated technologies.

Sven AsaiToday 12:14 pm JST

Not even any of the strongest US allies would get such confidential and nuclear warfare things nearly unasked and free into their own hands.

Because that violates the NPT and also NATO has been far too generous keeping equipment from russia's borders.

JJEToday 12:12 pm JST

He also understands a patient next door is chronically sick and needs forced intervention and some tough medicine to cure them of nasty concepts.

russia is in need of a lobotomy. This much is true.

30 plus years as top leader !!

This is either a miracle ordained by God himself, or a dictatorship and rigged elections.

Western governments rejected as a sham.

Kinda like the World section on JT. All we get is NATO, US, EU,UK warmongering while everyone else is bad bad bad.

Funniest part is folks buy into this crap, proof is above this.

FizzBitToday 04:09 pm JST

All we get is NATO, US, EU,UK warmongering while everyone else is bad bad bad.

Still Putin's War.

Still Putin's War

Putin and Biden to be fair

Putin and Biden to be fair

Not fair, just a laughable coping method for Putin fanboys.

It's Trump's war now, and he's still supplying weapons. Proxy warmonger etc.

As we all know the main responsible for this full scale disaster in Ukraine is the big US industrial military complex

Hehe! America forced Putin to invade Ukraine, and he doesn't even know it. All Wall Street had to was order Biden to tell Zel that Putin was going to invade and bingo, Putin had to invade. Couldn't not invade. Not invading wasn't an option.

Team Putin feeble coping method no. 128.

It's Trump's war now, and he's still supplying weapons.

im gonna need a source for that one.

It's Trump's war now, and he's still supplying weapons.

im gonna need a source for that one.

Man who doesn't supply sources for his conspiracies now wants one.

Google it.

Trumps XO suspending foreign aid for 90 days doesn't apply to weapons.

If Trump stops supplying weapons before the peace talks (in the next 24 hours?), he won't have any leverage. No skin in the game. He'll be irrelevant, and he will fail to end the war.

You are so deperate for Trump to do what the Russian army can't that you aren't thinking straight.

Probably same sources that told it Russians were down to their last shovel and Harris was gonna win by 11 million plus because nobody was gonna vote for Trump. Biden fan predictions have not aged well.

I'm not a Biden fan. Nor a Trump fan, or a Putin, or a fan of any politician.

Nobody ever said that the Russians 'were down to their last shovel', or 'were out of missiles' or whatever strawman nonsense you need to cope with supporting Putin's million-man-murder invasion. Pure dishonest rubbish.

Didn’t sound good for your claim:

The United States will provide nearly $1 billion more in longer-term weapons support to Ukraine, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Saturday as the Biden administration rushes to spend all the congressionally approved money it has left to bolster Kyiv before President-elect Donald Trump takes office next month.

oh and I did Google it. No articles found saying “trump is sending weapons to Ukraine.

First hit on your quote.

"Trump’s aid freeze leaves weapons flowing to Ukraine"

Yet to be 'suspended'. He's taking his time, isn't he? Probably busy renaming bodies of water and ethnic cleansing.

Did you hear Trump say that he was stopping weapons going to Ukraine and therefore giving Putin absolutely no reason to join peace talks?

The word play is all over the place.

Presumably you think that Trump is about to 'suspend' shipments, and will 'resume' them later?

no I don’t believe he CAN suspend Biden’s shipments. Ones that already happened that you now claim Trump did.

You know as well as most on here do the " Russian shovel rabble is out of missiles and ready to surrender at first sight of gamechangers " nonsense was repeated here day in and say out by you and team Biden. We all know it. You can easily look up you own post history to see it, lol. But we get it, it's pretty embarrassing to admit to your egg omelet.

Then prove it! If you can't, then your claim can be dismissed.

You can't even be bothered to so why should I do it for you?

Do you want me to tell you what people actually said, rather than what you think they meant?