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One of the strongest leaders of the Belarusian opposition movement, Olga Kovalkova, is in Stockholm on Monday to meet with Foreign Minister Ann Linde, reports Swedish radio.
He, Lukashenko, no longer has the legal means to stay in power. The only legal way there is is through elections, he tells Ekot.
Lukashenko refuses to give up the 26-year iron rule
Lukashenko shows no signs of giving up the iron power he’s had for 26 years.
After the August 9 presidential election, where he received 80 percent of the vote after extensive allegations of electoral fraud, he massively arrested critics of the regime and posed with automatic weapons.
On Monday, Lukashenko met with Russian President Vladimir Putin to seek support, and many journalists from Russian state media are already in Belarus, reporting negatively on the opposition movement.
– He is not a person who voluntarily renounces power. But the process that has started in Belarus cannot be stopped. Now it is happening at all levels, says Olga Kovalkova to Ekot.
Masked police gave Olga Kovalkova two options
On Saturday September 5, Olga Kovalkova suddenly appeared in Poland.
Kovalkova told Polish journalists how the police detained her after participating in the mass protests against the Luksajenkar regime in Minsk.
During the night, masked police officers had entered his cell and given him two options: leave the country or risk a long prison sentence.
She chose the first option and the police took her to the border with Poland where she was released.
