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August 28 – September 3, 2017

Belarusian leadership strengthens regional headquarters in preparation for autumn-winter campaign

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President A. Lukashenko has signed a decree introducing a new post, The Authorized Representative of the President in the Regions and Minsk, in addition to already existing assistants or chief inspectors in the regions and the capital. Together with the formation of central political, power and economic HQs in the view of the autumn-winter election campaign 2017/2018, the Belarusian leadership is strengthening the regional electoral machine. Apparently, the presidential administration is having difficulty obtaining objective information about socio-political sentiments in the regions, especially after the closure of the last independent pollster, IISEPS, in 2016.

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