In Belarus, the incumbent President Alexander Lukashenko has been reelected for a fourth term. The head of the Central Election Commission, Lidia Yermoshina announced today that Lukashenko garnered 79.67 percent of the votes in yesterday's presidential election. His closest rival was opposition candidate Andrei Sannikov, the European Belarus civil campaign leader, who received 2.56 percent of the vote. The presidential election was the fourth one since Belarus claimed independence in 1991. Lukashenko has been head of state since 1994.