In a press conference, Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko explained that his political opponents had ‘chosen’ prison or exile when asked whether the recent presidential election could be free and fair. Kaja Kallas, the EU’s top diplomat, on Saturday called the election a ‘sham’ and said: ‘Lukashenko doesn’t have any legitimacy.’ Lukashenko was reelected as president for the seventh time with 86% of the vote
