Presidential election 2015 in Belarus

Decision behind transparent ballot boxes in Belarus president election explained
“Mass media, observers, and some politicians insist on their usage, this is why we’ve acquired what we could. More will be acquired later on but it doesn’t mean that absolutely all the polling stations will be fitted with these voting instruments”...

Yermoshina: The bulk of foreign observers will star arriving in Belarus on 8 October
"Tomorrow we expect quite a lot of our colleagues from the CIS: Armenian, Uzbek, and Tajik delegations,” Lidia Yermoshina informed. The observers from Latvia will arrive on Friday; the head of the Central Election Commission of Russia Vladimir Churov will fly in the evening"...

Yermoshina: OSCE/ODIHR interim report may turn into a document with any conclusions
"Few positive points if any can be found in it. There is no negative either yet. The rest will be written"...

Yermoshina: Opposition representatives drop out of election campaign by choice
“I think they have dropped out because they wanted to. They have nothing to offer. They do not want to take responsibility because any power struggle and having this power is always a personal responsibility"...

Yermoshina: Two new political figures in Belarus thanks to 2015 election campaign
"Four presidential candidates are quite enough for the present election campaign. In general, the number is ideal for the main electoral event"...

4.49% of votes cast on first day of early voting in Belarus
5.11% of eligible voters took advantage of early voting in Vitebsk Oblast, with 3.84% early votes cast in Grodno Oblast. The turnout in Minsk reached 4.62%...

Russian senators to observer presidential election in Belarus
The delegation will comprise Vice Speaker of the Council of the Federation Yuri Vorobiev, First Deputy Chairman of the Committee on the Federal Structure Stepan Kirichuk and Deputy Head of the Committee on Social Policy Lyudmila Kozlova...

Belarus early voting turnout high in Russia
"Voters come to the polling station in a good mood, and examine with interest the new building of the Business and Culture Center of the embassy where the polling station is located this time"...

Over 900 Belarusian, foreign mass media accredited to cover presidential election
"The national information space offers full and comprehensive information to voters. National mass media have left out nothing as far as program statements, meetings with voters, and the work of authorized representatives are concerned"...

Belarusians invited to cast ballots at mobile polling station in Sochi
All in all, there are four polling stations in Russia: in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kaliningrad and Rostov-on-Don. Early voting has started today at these sites, as well as throughout Belarus.