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Lithuania Downgrades Tsikhanouskaya's Protection – What's Behind the Decision?

Lithuanian authorities reduced Tsikhanouskaya's security, replacing close bodyguards with police protection amid risk assessments and political shifts toward Belarus, sparking safety concerns.

Lithuania's decision to lower the level of protection for Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya has been met with mixed reactions from politicians and experts in the Baltic country.

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The office of Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya in Vilnius has temporarily suspended its activities after Lithuania lowered the level of her physical protection, Lithuanian public television and radio station LRT reported on Wednesday, citing the politician's adviser Dzjanis Kuczynski. The media reported on Vilnius' decision to change Tsikhanouskaya's protection a day earlier, according to AFP, and she will now be protected b…

Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tikhanovskaya had to temporarily close her office in Lithuania because the Lithuanian authorities unexpectedly lowered the level of security for her and her team.

According to information from the LRT.lt portal, the security of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya has been transferred from the State Protection Service to the Criminal Police Bureau. The article, "Withdrawal of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya's Security. Gabrielus Landsbergis Protests," comes from the website Wszystko co mojego.

The office of Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya in Vilnius has temporarily suspended its activities after Lithuania lowered her physical protection. Lithuanian public television and radio station LRT reported this today, citing an advisor to the politician Dzhanis Kuczynski. The media reported on Vilnius' decision to change Tsikhanouskaya's protection a day earlier, according to AFP, she will now be provided by the police ins…

·Bratislava Region, Slovakia
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Радыё Свабода broke the news in on Wednesday, October 8, 2025.
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