Belarusian Opposition Politician Tikhanovskaya Says Left Country By Choice
Fahad Shabbir (@FahadShabbir) Published August 11, 2020 | 02:03 PM
Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, who ran as an opposition candidate in the recent presidential election in Belarus, said Tuesday she had left the country for Lithuania of her own accord, without consulting her campaign or her husband
MINSK (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 11th August, 2020) Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, who ran as an opposition candidate in the recent presidential election in Belarus, said Tuesday she had left the country for Lithuania of her own accord, without consulting her campaign or her husband.
Tikhanovskaya recorded a video message, in which she said that she made "a difficult decision."
"I made this decision on my own. Friends, family, the campaign, [husband] Sergey simply had no way of influencing this," the politician said, adding that she was joining her children.
According to the Belarusian State Border Committee, Tikhanovskaya, who crossed the border at night, had the necessary papers and left freely.
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