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“I can confirm that the international search for Cichanouskaya has been announced. As for the article under which it is published, this is the question. [turėtų būti užduodamas] “Volha Čemodanova, representative of the Interior Ministry, told the Interfax news agency.”
S.Cichanouskaya is included in the wanted database of the Russian Interior Ministry. It states that it is requested under an article of the Penal Code, but it is not specifically named.
An informed source told Interfax that the former presidential candidate was being sought to call for “overthrowing the constitutional order in Belarus.”
“His search has been announced under an article of the Belarusian Penal Code,” which establishes responsibility for incitement to undermine national security, the source said.
“They are called through the media to take power or force a change in the constitutional order,” added an Interlocutor from Interfax.
Belarusian opposition leader Chichanouskaya, who is currently leaving for Lithuania, announced a “people’s ultimatum” to the regime of authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko on Tuesday and threatened a nationwide strike if the head of state does not resign, stops violence against the protesters and free political prisoners.
Reuters / Photo by Scanpix / Sviatlana Cichanouskaya in Slovakia
Cichanouskaya said the Belarusian authorities had until October 25 to comply with these requirements. Otherwise, he has promised a national strike and large-scale demonstrations in the country.
For more than two months there have been unprecedented protests in Belarus over the presidential elections on August 9, which were declared won by Lukashenko, who has ruled the country since 1994. The opposition and Western countries consider these elections to be rigged.
Political novice S. Cichanouskaya is considered an election winner. The 38-year-old figure decided to run for president when her husband, Siarhei Cichanouski, who also intended to challenge Lukashenko, was jailed.
In recent weeks, Belarusian militias have arrested thousands of protesters. The international community has condemned the Lukashenko regime, which has been sanctioned by the West, for witness reports of militia violence and torture of detainees.
Several people were killed in the suppression of the protests in Belarus.
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