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Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko said he will run for president again in 2025, according to the Belarusian state news agency BelTA.
“Tell them [the opposition in exile] that I will run! And the more difficult the situation becomes, the more actively they will excite our society and you as well,” Lukashenko told a BelTA correspondent after voting in the country’s parliamentary and local councils elections on Sunday.
“Not a single person, a responsible president will abandon his people who followed him into battle,” he said. “The more they will strain you, me and society, the faster I will go to these elections.”
Lukashenko, 69, has been running Belarus since 1994. He is a close ally of Vladimir Putin and once said he regards the Russian leader as “his elder brother.”
He also warned there would be changes before the 2025 elections take place. “There is still a year ahead before the presidential elections. A lot can change. Naturally, I and all of us, the society, will react to the changes that will take place in our society and in what situation we will approach the vote in a year,” he said.
In January, Lukashenko signed a law guaranteeing himself immunity, lifelong protection, and state-provided property upon his resignation from the presidential office.
