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On Aug. 9, preliminary results gave Belarus President Aleksandr Lukashenko a landslide reelection victory against his main political opponent, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya – who is married to Sergey Tikhanovskiy, a former candidate who’s jailed since May. Many Belarusians and foreign leaders are disputing the results, but not Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. It was a favor returned: Lukashenko had congratulated Maduro after a similarly rigged vote in 2018 that triggered a leadership crisis persisting today. Maduro put out a statement praising Lukashenko for his undeniable victory." The outcome
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