Belarus Elections Evaluated In an Undertone 10/02/2008 - 15:00 / Kommersant The Belarus Election Commission announced yesterday that a new parliament will hold the first meeting November 27. Although neither the United States nor the EU recognized the elections as free or democratic, they expressed readiness to cooperate with Minsk and suspend sanctions imposed on high-ranked bureaucrats of Belarus, including President Alexander Lukashenko. The aim of such reconciliatory rhetoric of the West is to prevent Belarus from recognizing Abkhazia and South Ossetia, for which PM Vladimir Putin will probably press during his forthcoming visit to Minsk. comments: 0
