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“The search for S. Cichanouskaya has been announced. His extradition documents have been handed over to the Attorney General’s Office,” the report was posted on the website of the Belarus Investigative Committee on Tuesday.
According to the investigation, law enforcement officers “received information that people in the immediate vicinity of Sviatlan Cichanouskaya were preparing for massive riots and the occupation of state institutions in the Gomel area.”
“In order to examine and plan his actions in detail, the defendant organized a meeting on August 5, in which, among other things, S. Cichanouskaja herself participated,” the Commission of Inquiry report reads.
It claims that these circumstances came to light in the course of criminal proceedings against Mr. Cichanouskaya’s husband, the popular blogger Siarhei Cichanouski, who was arrested last May. These circumstances were separated in a separate criminal case.
According to the Investigation Commission, “the militia agents prevented the defendants from committing crimes and detained key figures in the criminal case between August 6 and 8 of last year.” Following the investigation, they were charged with preparing for mass riots and preparing to occupy the buildings of state institutions. Pretrial detention is for all defendants.
Sviatlana Cichanouskaja
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Former Belarusian presidential candidate S. Cichanouskaya withdrew to Lithuania after the August 9 elections, which were declared the winners by authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko, who has led the country since 1994.
The opposition and Western democracies claim the elections were rigged, and the winner sees political fledgling S. Cichanouskaya, who replaced her imprisoned husband in the presidential fight.
Cichanouskaya: the regime will collapse later this year
In an interview with the German weekly Bild am Sonntag, the Belarusian opposition leader S. Cichanouskaya stated that the unrecognized Belarusian leader Lukashenko will be forced to withdraw in the coming months, DW reports.
According to Cichanouskaya, Lukashenko’s resignation will be driven by increasing pressure on his regime from the European Union and the United States.
Sviatlana Cichanouskaja
“That pressure grows every day, inevitably the day will come when Lukashenko has too much and he will leave. Lukashenko’s regime will collapse at the end of this year. I think he will leave already in spring,” added the Belarusian opposition leader.
At that time, the opponent Pavel Latuška called on the West to take the absolute economic isolation of Belarus.
“We are ready to endure sanctions of six to twelve months, as long as they lead to change,” a Belarusian opposition activist told the German weekly Welt am Sonntag.
According to Latatuka, the European Union should end all economic relations with Belarus so that the Lukashenko regime can no longer obtain funds in international financial markets.
In addition, both Latatu and S. Cichanouskaya expressed their hope that a decisive “battle” will begin in the spring between the protesters and the current Belarusian government.
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