![Electoral commission staff count ballot papers after voting closed at a polling station in Minsk, Belarus, on Sept. 23, 2012. Electoral commission staff count ballot papers after voting closed at a polling station in Minsk, Belarus, on Sept. 23, 2012.](https://static.euronews.com/articles/stories/08/26/52/62/1200x675_cmsv2_00e561fa-8f26-592d-8c90-a0cf2dd6d510-8265262.jpg)
Video. Belarusians vote in tightly controlled election amid boycott call
President Alexander Lukashenko has relied on subsidies and political support from his main ally, Russia, to survive the protests that followed his fraudulent re-election in 2020.
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