A fragment of his interview was published on Naili Asker-zade's Telegram channel.

“Nothing extraordinary, so to speak, has happened in comparison with the previous election results.

The only thing that stretched out in time.

Why?

Because even you closed the border from us, ”Lukashenka said.

He also said that recently "10-12 thousand" went to protests in Belarus, and Telegram channels showed up to 200 thousand participants.

In late December, former presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya said that the protests in Belarus "were not blown away" - they are changing their form.

Lukashenka, in turn, warned the protesters about the inadmissibility of crossing the red line and said that if they violate the law and order, there will be a response from the authorities.