An alliance between two Belarusian presidential contenders in the election is not possible, and a hopeful may only campaign for another one as a trusted representative, Lidia Yermoshina, the chairwoman of the Belarusian Central Election Commission (CEC), told Sputnik in an interview

The Belarusian Central Election Commission (CEC) receives anonymous letters and phone calls with threats during the currently ongoing election campaign, chairwoman Lidia Yermoshina told Sputnik in an interview

The Belarusian Central Election Commission (CEC) is not ruling out that the presidential election, scheduled for August 9, may be held in absence of international observers due to the COVID-19 pandemic, chairwoman Lidia Yermoshina told Sputnik in an interview

The first and so far only Belarusian leader, Alexander Lukashenko, has remarkably never lost his everyman attitude or his penchant to speak simply and directly despite spending 26 years at the helm

Russian Central Election Commission (CEC) head Ella Pamfilova believes that the number of political parties in Russia will decrease as a result of "natural political selection."