Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko said on Sunday that some of his political opponents had “chosen” to go to prison as he cast his vote in a election that was set to extend his 31-year rule.
Lukashenko, 70, held a long press conference at which he was asked how the vote could be free and fair, given that all the main opposition figures are in jail or have fled the country.
“Some chose prison,
