President for a 6 about a russian leader claims a landslide victory the opposition call for a vote ring 1000 protesters are arrested is this a turning point for the country this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the show im samis day than his critics describe him as europes last dictator Alexander Lukashenko is set to rule the roost for a 6th term hes already been president for 26 years official results from sundays election say he won by a landslide but the opposition is rejecting that official result looking shanker as preelection popularity fell because of his handling of the coronavirus pandemic and worsening economy he faced his toughest election challenger so far svetlana the one of scalia a former teacher and stay at home mother with no political experience attracted huge support that was despite a crackdown on election rallies and on the other opposition candidates who were either jailed or barred from campaigning protesters battled with riot police in the capital minsk on