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Belarus opposition leader Tsikhanouskaya calls for unity and global support
euronews (in English)
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18/10/2024
Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, the biggest challenger of President Alexander Lukashenko, talked to Euronews about her fight for a free Belarus from exile.
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Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko dismissed her as a housewife.
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But when the Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tsikhanouskaya entered the race for presidency in 2020,
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she became his greatest challenge.
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Now that she is in exile, she continues her fight for a free, democratic Belarus.
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We met her in Berlin.
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So you would say the Belarusian opposition is united, you work,
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so you don't have any obstacles within your organization, so to say.
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Belarusian democratic forces and people are united as never before,
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because we have our common aim,
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is release of our beloved, our friends from prisons,
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release of our political prisoners, but also having free and fair elections.
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Political prisoners exchanged with Russia.
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Not one Belarusian political prisoner came out.
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Since then, have there been any progress in your negotiations
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with politicians from the European Union?
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We all want them to be released,
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but we don't want our political prisoners,
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our heroes to be bugging in chips in this Lukashenko's game.
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They are taking more and more and more hostages,
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you know, to sell them more expensive.
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But we are asking our democratic partners
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that don't, you know, trade, don't make any deals with Lukashenko,
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don't trade, because he...
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OK, he can, like, sell one, two, three hundred people
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and he will detain twice more.
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As it was recently, Lukashenko released 115 people.
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For the same period of time, he detained 140.
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Can I ask you a personal question?
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What is it that you miss the most about Belarus?
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Look, I miss everything.
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I miss my apartment that had been confiscated,
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but I... this was our nest, nest of our family.
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I miss my husband, of course.
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But, you know, I... I want to see free Belarus.
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Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko
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wants to run again at the presidential elections in February 2025.
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But the Belarusian opposition is stronger than ever,
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says the Belarusian oppositionist Svetlana Tsikhanouskaya.
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She wants to strengthen relations with Germany
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and fights more than ever for a free Belarus.
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Diana Reznik, from Berlin, for Euronews.
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