Nikolai Lukashenko, a "copy of his father" Alexander, appears to be being groomed to take power in Belarus.Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko's youngest son, Nikolai, has been appearing ever more frequently in the media lately.

Belarus autocrat Alexander Lukashenko said Sunday that his jailed opponents had "opened their mouths too widely" as he voted in an election set to extend his three-decade rule in the

Belarusian strongman President Alexander Lukashenko is poised to extend his rule into a fourth decade in a tightly-controlled vote where he faces no opposition.

Exit polls have Alexander Lukashenko on track to extend his 31 year rule with nearly 88% of the vote. Western governments have slammed the vote as a sham, with Lukashenko's rivals broadly seen as government stooges.

Belarusians voted on Sunday in an election set to hand President Alexander Lukashenko a seventh term, prolonging his three-decade authoritarian rule. At his press conference on Sunday, he dismissed rumours that he was planning to hand over to one of his three sons.