Belarus: 'The leader faces no serious challenge'

It's election day in Belarus - with Alexander Lukashenko set to continue his 31-year-long rule of the country.

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BBC Russia Editor, Steve Rosenberg, reports from outside the polling station where the leader once dubbed "Europe's last dictator" cast his ballot, before giving a four-hour-long press conference.

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