Article Photos: Belarus holds elections boycotted by opposition



  Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko receives bread and salt on stage during the Dazhynki harvest festival in the town of Gorki, some 270 km (168 miles) east of Minsk, Belarus, Friday, Sept. 21, 2012. Belarus will hold a parliamentary elections on Sunday, expected to elect what is essentially a rubber-stamp parliament, with most power remaining in the hands of authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko. (AP Photo/Nikolai Petrov, Belta)

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko receives bread and salt on stage during the Dazhynki harvest festival in the town of Gorki, some 270 km (168 miles) east of Minsk, Belarus, Friday, Sept. 21, 2012. Belarus will hold a parliamentary elections on Sunday, expected to elect what is essentially a rubber-stamp parliament, with most power remaining in the hands of authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko. (AP Photo/Nikolai Petrov, Belta)