Alexander Lukashenko vying for a 7th term, Belarusians are going to the polls this Sunday, January 26, to elect their new president. In front of him, candidate-extras. Opponents call this vote an electoral farce. What is at stake in this election and the opposition’s room for maneuver? Olga Gille-Belova, lecturer in the Department of Slavic Studies at Bordeaux Montaigne University, is RFI’s international midday guest.
