Belarusian opposition leader urges Western nations to keep sanctioning and isolating Lukashenko regime

The West has to be 'consistent' in its policy towards President Alexander Lukashenko’s authoritarian regime, and avoid negotiating over the heads of Belarusians, says Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya.
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, pictured in 2021, said that Belarusian society is turning away from Russia and wants to pursue its independent destiny.
As fighting rages in Ukraine, the situation in its northern neighbour, Belarus, has taken a backseat in the headlines. However, a breeze of future change may be blowing in modern Europe’s oldest dictatorship. According to Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, the country’s exiled opposition leader, Belarusi...

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