{"id":118713,"date":"2024-12-17T21:25:52","date_gmt":"2024-12-17T18:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/118713\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"russian-senator-to-lead-cis-observers-at-belarus-presidential-vote","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/118713\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian senator to lead CIS observers at Belarus&#8217; presidential vote"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"825\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kosachev_MPA_SNG.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kosachev_MPA_SNG.jpg 825w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kosachev_MPA_SNG-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kosachev_MPA_SNG-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kosachev_MPA_SNG-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kosachev_MPA_SNG-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 825px) 100vw, 825px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(IPA CIS)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>December 17, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Interparliamentary Assembly has appointed Konstantin Kosachev, the Russian Federation Council deputy chairman, to coordinate its observers at the upcoming presidential election in Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The mission will include parliamentarians, officials and experts from the CIS member states, the assembly reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kosachev led a similar mission at February&#8217;s parliamentary polls in Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CIS missions usually give flattering assessments of elections in member states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minsk tightly controls preparations for the seventh presidential election, scheduled for January 2025. It has cleared the political landscape from Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka&#8217;s ardent opponents. Belarusian pro-democracy forces have already dismissed the race as a sham.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarus has not held a single free and fair election since 1996, according to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/ambrazevich_screenshot_vyst_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/ambrazevich_screenshot_vyst_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/ambrazevich_screenshot_vyst_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/ambrazevich_screenshot_vyst_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/ambrazevich_screenshot_vyst_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/ambrazevich_screenshot_vyst_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Security<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Security<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Minsk denies complicity in Russia\u2019s war on Ukraine, looking to participate in peace talks<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">December 16, Pozirk. Belarus deserves \u201ca place at the negotiating table\u201d during possible future peace talks on Ukraine, Deputy Foreign Minister Juryj Ambrazievi\u010d has told the state-run advisory council for Belarusians abroad, citing Minsk\u2019s peacemaking efforts and the need to &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/118457\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 17, Pozirk. The Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Interparliamentary Assembly has appointed Konstantin Kosachev, the Russian Federation Council deputy chairman, to coordinate its observers at the upcoming presidential election in Belarus. The mission will include parliamentarians, officials and experts from the CIS member states, the assembly reported. 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