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“This is the first conversation in 4 months, in 134 days,” the telegram read.
Belarusian investigators accuse Chichanouski of inciting “social hostility” and calling for violence against law enforcement officials.
On Wednesday, it was reported that, according to a document from the Russian Interior Ministry, S. Cichanouskaya was “wanted under an article of the Penal Code”, without specifying what she was specifically accused of.
However, the Interior Ministry explained on Thursday that the 38-year-old Belarusian politician was formally included in the database of wanted persons in Russia in compliance with the cooperation agreement in the field of law enforcement signed by Minsk and Moscow. .
Cichanouskaya became involved in political struggles after her husband Siarhei, a popular blogger, was banned from registering for the presidential elections and arrested for allegedly plotting to overthrow the government.
After the August 9 elections, which were officially crushed by the autocratic President Lukashenko, Cichanouskaya declared victory and accused Minsk of falsifying the results.
However, under pressure from the authorities, he soon left for Lithuania. As explained by her trustee, Volha Kavalkova, the Belarusian authorities removed Ms. Cichanouskaya from the country, leaving her with no other choice.
Media: Lukashenko meets with opposition detained in KGB isolation
Belarusian President Aliaksandr Lukashenko met with opposition figures detained at a state security committee (KGB) isolator on Saturday, media reports loyal to the authoritarian head of state said.
There he spoke for half an hour and a half with those representatives held in solitary confinement. The president seeks to hear everyone’s opinion, ”reported the Pul pervogo channel of the Telegram platform affiliated with the presidency.
“It was decided to keep the content of the conversation secret by mutual consent of the participants,” the report emphasizes.
He only quotes the words of A. Lukashenko that “you will not write on Konstitucijos Street.”
According to the published photo, the meeting was attended by former candidate for the post of President Viktaras Babaryka and his son Eduardas, as well as the member of the Coordination Council established by the opposition Lilija Vlasava and the coordinator of the electoral staff of V. Babaryka, Juras Vaskrasenskis .
Belarus has been holding massive protests for two months against the results of the presidential elections on August 9. The current president, Lukashenko, who has held office since 1994, was officially declared the winner of the elections.
On August 18, the opposition, which did not recognize the results of the vote, created a Coordination Council with the aim of handing over power in the run-up to new elections.
Minsk considers the council unconstitutional and several of its members have been detained on suspicion of threatening national security.
Even before the elections, V. Babaryka, the former director of Belgazprombank, who tried to challenge Lukashenko, was arrested for alleged economic crimes.
Belarusian human rights defenders have recognized the detainees as political prisoners.
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