Svetlana Tikhanovskaya: ‘Lukashenko kills and fights against the people’ | Abroad

The self-appointed president speaks to De Telegraaf. She is the hope in fearful days for many Belarusians.

Ⓒ The Telegraph

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Svetlana Tikhanovskaya (38) is the face of the revolution in Belarus. She lives in exile in neighboring Lithuania, united with her two children, but without her husband, who has been withering in prison for months by dictator Lukashenko. The self-appointed president, until recently an English teacher and a housewife, hopes for further pressure from Europe and the Netherlands: “All political prisoners must be released immediately.”

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