Svetlana Tichanowskaja leads the opposition in Belarus from exile. She has now called for a boycott of the country's parliamentary and local elections.
In addition to 110 members of parliament, around 12,000 representatives from local assemblies will be re-elected in Sunday's vote. According to official information, 41.71 percent of voters in Belarus had cast their votes before the polling stations opened in the morning. The head of state announced that he would run again in the next presidential elections in 2025.