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Lukashenko said that Cichanouskaya “wept on her shoulder” and saved her “from a holy sacrifice.”
“That Belarusian citizen, the housewife Cichanouskaya, forgot today that she was rescued by the President of Belarus,” Lukashenko said during a meeting in Minsk.
A report filmed by A. Lukashenko was published on the Telegram channel Pul pervogo.
During a meeting with ministers, Lukashenko said that the protesters lacked a sacred sacrifice and that they intended to set fire to the opposition headquarters, where there were many foreign journalists at the time, and then accuse the authorities.
According to A. Lukashenko, “S. Cichanouskaya asked to be received by the Minister of the Interior and asked him to help her leave Belarus. “
“I gave an instruction, with protection, at her request, with the people who, at her request, had to accompany her to Lithuania to take her to the children. When he said he had no money to live there, I told him to take $ 15,000 from a state company. dollars and gave it to him ”, assured Lukashenko.
According to him, after this, S. Cichanouskaja “thanked and wept on his shoulder.”
According to Lukashenko, the Belarusian Embassy in Lithuania was tasked with helping S. Chichanouskaya to relocate and find an apartment.
“However, it was soon taken over by the Lithuanian special services,” Lukashenko said.
“It just came to our knowledge then. It was a matter of life and death, and that was his wish,” he said.
Delphi recalls that after the August 9 elections, which were officially crushed by an autocratic president, Lukashenko, Mr. Cichanouskaya declared victory and accused Minsk of falsifying the voting results.
However, under pressure from the authorities, he soon left for Lithuania.
His colleagues said that before leaving Belarus, Cichanouskaya had been in contact with force structures for three hours in the office of the Central Election Commission in Lidzia Yarmoshyna.
Volha Kavalkova, a former administrator of S. Cichanouskaya, said that S. Cichanouskaja was taken out of the country by government officials.
“Sviatlana had no other choice, the Belarusian government took her out of the country. It is important that she is alive and free, “said V. Kavalkova.
Several EU countries recognize Cichanouskaya as the leader of the Belarusian opposition. She was received by French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Belarus has been protesting daily since the elections, and protesters are demanding Lukashenko’s resignation. The government has cracked down on these demonstrations and has arrested many protesters and opposition leaders.
While in Vilnius, Ms. Cichanouskaya asked European leaders not to recognize the results of the vote in Belarus and promised that the Coordination Council, which she had initiated, would immediately announce new elections with foreign observers.
With the members of the Coordination Council arrested in Belarus or themselves, fearing reprisals, they left the country.
Former candidate August 21. At his first press conference in Vilnius, he called for new free and transparent elections and called on all parties to respect the sovereignty of Belarus. She reiterated her promise to return to the country when she felt safe.
“I love my country very much and I really want to go back there. I will go back there, I will definitely come back when I feel safe ”, assured Cichanouskaya in a press conference.
The politician also said that today probably all Belarusian citizens feel fear, but emphasizes that fear must be fought.
“I think everyone in our country feels pretty bad now, but we have to get past that fear and move on,” he said.
October 2 The European Union has sanctioned some 40 Belarusian officials responsible for electoral fraud and human rights abuses. In late September, the Baltic states adopted a list of their sanctions against Belarus, which includes 100 people.
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