Two other driving competitors were likewise banned from running against Mr Lukashenko - Valery Tsepkalo and Viktor Babaryko.
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None of the past presidential races held during Mr Lukashenko's long rule were made a decision about free and reasonable by the Organization for Security and Co-activity in Europe (OSCE), a top political race checking body.
Scars of war
For quite a long time Mr Lukashenko has tried to persuade the country of 9.5 million that he is the best underwriter of dependability, an intense patriot shielding them from unfamiliar intruding.
That message despite everything requests to numerous more seasoned Belarusians. The nation was crushed in World War Two - survivor of a Nazi singed earth strategy - and lost about 33% of its populace. So doubt of outsiders and pride in the security powers play well among numerous voters.
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In 2005 the organization of then US President George W Bush called Belarus "the final genuine tyranny in the core of Europe".
Mr Lukashenko once cautioned that anybody joining a resistance dissent would be treated as a "psychological oppressor", including: "We will wring their necks, as one may a duck".
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