"I would not want to see them in prison," Lukashenko said, adding that candidates Alexander Milinkevich and Alexander Kozulin would not be jailed as part of a personal vendetta.
Lukashenko also said he never asked Russia for support during the elections.
"I did not ask for support, but I am sure if I did, Russia would have given me all support I needed," Lukashenko said.
He said Belarus was the last country in the Commonwealth of Independent States that remained totally loyal to Russia, but that the putative Russian-Belarus Union State should be built on principles of equality and sovereignty.
Election authorities in Belarus said Monday that Alexander Lukashenko, dubbed "Europe's last dictator" by Washington, had won more than 82.6% of the vote with all ballots counted.
