They are not … being punished by the [presidential] administration – they are people who provoke those conflicts.

None of the arguments presented were of a serious nature and do not stand up to criticism.

The polling stations opened at 8 am [local time (6 am GMT)]. No complications, excesses or disturbances have been spotted [since then]. There are few criticisms, and these contain no evidence of law abuse.

The detected violations were of procedural character and do not influence the election results.

Those were the best organized elections I have ever seen. Local election commissions … have practically made no mistakes.

Election results show incumbent President Alexander Lukashenko scored a decisive victory, securing 82.6 percent of the vote.