MINSK (Reuters) - Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko has been re-elected with 82.6 percent of all votes, the Central Election Commission said on Monday.
That seems like an awful large margin. There were large amount of complaints of harassment towards President Lukashenko's opponents.
The opposition rejected the returns as blatant fraud and said campaigning was marred by the arrests of dozens of opposition activists and mass intimidation
The U.S. and Europe said the Belarus Government will face consequences if voter fraud has taken place.
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