Elections in Belarus 2015

The presidential campaign in Belarus is nearly over. Some are looking forward for the results of the vote on October 11, others are convinced that there will be no change in the country. But in any case, the voters, the opposition, the authorities, journalists are getting ready, because the presidential election, whatever it may be, is one of the most important events that occur once every five years.

The organizers of the protest action against deploying a Russian airbase in Belarus have come to trial today. Police officers were giving witness testimony at the hearing.

Alyaksandr Lukashenka congratulated Svetlana Alexievich on winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2015, the press service of the head of state reported.

Almost a fifth of Belarusian voters has taken part in early voting since October, 6, the Central Election Commission said on the website.

At 13:01 on Thursday, all the major international media published materials on the major topic “Who is Svetlana Alexievich?”.

After persecution by Lukashenka regime, she left Belarus in 2000. The International Cities of Refuge Network offered her sanctuary and during the following decade she lived in Paris, Berlin and Gothenburg. In 2011 Alexievich moved back to Minsk.

Andrey Shorats, the mayor of the Belarusian capital and Alyaksandr Lukashenka’s election agent, has met with voters.

At 13:30 (Minsk time) the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature will be awarded in the Swedish capital. Belarusian writer Svetlana Alexievich is among the favourites.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told Russia there were other places Turkey could get natural gas and other countries that could build its first nuclear plant, in the wake of Russian incursions into Turkish air space during its air campaign in Syria.

The United Kingdom, together with Germany and the United States, has decided to place its troops in the Baltic states on a long-term basis, Financial Times reports.

Four Russian Navy warships fired 26 missiles at 11 ISIS targets from Caspian Sea, Russia’s Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu announced when reporting to president Putin.

“Cossack candidate” from Hrodna spoke to an empty room and admitted that he does not have support in the city.

Belsat TV asked the people of Lithuania about their attitude to the deployment of Russian air bases in the territory of Belarus.

Vladimir Putin is to celebrate his birthday at a hockey arena in Sochi. While the Russian president is preparing for the match, congratulations on his 63rd birthday are flying to him from all corners of the world.

The Kremlin intends to clarify the arguments of president Alyaksandr Lukashenka regarding plans to deploy a Russian airbase in Belarus.