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By Oliver Carroll
https://www.independent.co.uk/author/oliver-carroll
Belarus’s under-fire autocrat Alexander Lukashenko has secretly inaugurated himself as president in a ceremony at his palace in Minsk.
The 26-year ruler declared an 80 per cent landslide victory in 9 August elections — claims that led to weeks of protest and a witheringly violent response from the state.
With a two month legal deadline on the inauguration, Mr Lukashenko had until 9 October to officially register his “victory.”
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/lukashenko-belarus-inauguration-protests-election-result-b548882.html
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