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2020-08-11 Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Belarus opposition leader flees to Lithuania

[NYPOST] The opposition leader in Belarus said Tuesday that she has fled to Lithuania following widespread protests against the contested re-election of strongman President Alexander Lukashenko.Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, a 37-year-old former English teacher who took over her husband’s campaign after he was tossed in the calaboose
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, told supporters that the decision to leave the country was her choice and made to protect her children.

"It was a very hard decision to make," she said. "I know that many of you will understand me, many others will condemn me and some will even hate me. But God forbid you ever face the choice that I faced."

"So, people, take care please — no life is worth what is happening now. Children are the most important thing in our lives," she said.

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