‘Belarus’ Strategic Importance Cannot Be Ignored’: Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya

‘Belarus’ Strategic Importance Cannot Be Ignored’: Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya

When Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya speaks about Belarus today, she begins with a clarification: “We cannot talk about Belarus as a unified entity — we must separate the [Alexander] Lukashenko regime from the Belarusian people.” Five years after she was forced into exile following her run in the 2020 presidential election, a campaign that inspired historic pro-democracy protests, Tsikhanouskaya continues to challenge Lukashenko’s rule from her base in…