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Russia is looking for the leader of the Belarusian opposition, Svetlana Tichanovskaya. This comes from an excerpt from a Russian Interior Ministry database, as first reported in the Russian media on Wednesday. She is on a wanted list and is wanted in Russia “in connection with a crime.”
When exactly Tichanowskaja’s name was added to the database was initially unclear.
Tichanovskaya, 38, faced President Alexander Lukashenko in the presidential elections in Belarus on August 9, who then claimed victory with 80 percent of the vote. However, the opposition sees Tichanovskaya as the real winner. After the elections, she fled to neighboring Lithuania. Russia and Belarus are allies.
On Tuesday Tichanowskaja met Chancellor Angela Merkel (CDU) in Berlin. She later thanked the political support during her visit. Merkel gave him a lot of advice on how Belarus could get out of this situation. On Wednesday he also met with SPD chancellor candidate Olaf Scholz. The Finance Minister described Tichanovskaya as a “courageous fighter for democracy and civil rights.”
After the controversial elections in Belarus, protests against the ruler Lukashenko have been going on for weeks in the capital Minsk and other cities. The Belarusian opposition demands the resignation of the head of state and the release of all political prisoners and new elections.
