Politics

Opposition candidates should be given access to state mass media and the political persecution of independent mass media should be stopped.

The politician organized an unauthorized picket in the centre of Minsk.

Passers-by did not want to let the ex-political prisoner go long after the unauthorized picket had ended.

However, it is up to the Western states to recognize the election or not, the CEC chairperson said.

The presidential candidates can organize pickets, paste agitation posters and meet voters.

Happy Haidukevich, sad Karatkevich and thoughtful Ulahovich.

Tatsiana Karatkevich advised Lukashenka to rest, Siarhei Haydukevich praised his party, and Mikalai Ulakhovich said he could run the country.

The CEC will register the candidates on Thursday and the agitation campaign will start on September 11.

Statement calls first phase of elections in Belarus a "fake imitation."