{"id":121748,"date":"2025-01-14T21:09:41","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T18:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/121748\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"analyst-says-lukasenka-might-win-with-more-than-90-percent","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/121748\/","title":{"rendered":"Analyst says \u0141uka\u0161enka might \u201cwin\u201d with more than 90 percent"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1440\" height=\"958\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Fridman_POZ_1440_003.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Fridman_POZ_1440_003.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Fridman_POZ_1440_003-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Fridman_POZ_1440_003-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Fridman_POZ_1440_003-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n      <div class=\"block-image__descr\">\n\n        Alexander Friedman\n    <\/div>\n  \n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>January 14, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Alexander Friedman, a Germany-based historian and political analyst, is expecting the Belarusian Central Election Commission to announce Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s victory with at least 87 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt seems to me that it has not yet been finally decided what percentage to announce \u2013 under 90 or higher,\u201d he told <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf you ask for my forecast, then at least 87 percent, because this is the result of the president of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, in the last election. But I do not rule out that they will go for more than 90 percent. . . . If I were in \u0141uka\u0161enka&#8217;s shoes, I would go for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf for a second we imagine that this is his last election for various reasons, including age, then there must be a triumph, the result of his outstanding 30-year rule.&#8221; &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eighty percent is average, whereas \u201c90 and above is magnificent. The grateful people, so to speak, have appreciated the years of his rule and are deeply grateful for everything done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWho or what can prevent this from happening? No one and nothing. The authorities overreacted in 2020 when they gave him 80.1 percent. There is an opinion that if they had announced 55 percent, maybe there would not have been such protests.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read the interview in Russian: <a href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/ru\/longreads\/121611\/\">90% \u0434\u043b\u044f \u041b\u0443\u043a\u0430\u0448\u0435\u043d\u043a\u043e, 5% \u0434\u043b\u044f \u0413\u0430\u0439\u0434\u0443\u043a\u0435\u0432\u0438\u0447\u0430 \u2014 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0433\u043d\u043e\u0437 \u0438\u0441\u0442\u043e\u0440\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>January 14, Pozirk. Alexander Friedman, a Germany-based historian and political analyst, is expecting the Belarusian Central Election Commission to announce Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s victory with at least 87 percent. \u201cIt seems to me that it has not yet been finally decided what percentage to announce \u2013 under 90 or higher,\u201d he told Pozirk. \u201cIf you ask [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[38,16],"class_list":["post-121748","articles","type-articles","status-publish","hentry","rubric-elections","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Analyst says \u0141uka\u0161enka might \u201cwin\u201d with more than 90 percent | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"January 14, Pozirk. 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