Lukashenko set to extend three-decade rule in Belarus

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 Moscow-allied state.   Lukashenko –a 70-year-old former collective farm boss — has been in power in reclusive, Moscow-allied Belarus since 1994.  Candidates picked to run against Lukashenko had campaigned in favour of him. The Moscow ally said he did not care if the EU recognised the vote or not, and said he had “no regrets” over letting his “older brother” Vladimir Putin invade Ukraine through Belarus…