Deutsche Welle: Belarus holds parliamentary polls as Lukashenko balances Russia and the West By Deutsche Welle. Published Nov. 17, 2019 at 9:53 am A woman stands behind a board with campaign posters of candidates for Belarus' Nov. 17 parliamentary elections in Minsk on Nov. 15, 2019. Photo by AFP Belarusians head to the polls on Nov. 17 to elect members to the ex-Soviet republic’s rubber-stamp parliament. Read more here.