Svetlana Tikhanovskaya during an interview in New YorkMINSK, February 7 President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said that the ex-presidential candidate, the leader of the Belarusian opposition Svetlana Tikhanovskaya owed 15 thousand dollars to the state enterprise. Solovyov Live». He clarified that it was about 15 thousand dollars. When asked if she tried to return them, Lukashenka said that «we have no contacts with her.» confirm that she took the money. Therefore, she understands that it is better to hush up this issue … I do not raise it, well, she is silent, «Lukashenko added. After the presidential elections held in Belarus on August 9, 2020, at which Lukashenka won, mass opposition protests took place in the country. The opposition considers Tikhanovskaya the winner of the presidential election. Tikhanovskaya, who left for Lithuania, is a defendant in a number of criminal cases and is included in the list of persons involved in terrorist activities. Minsk is seeking her extradition, but Vilnius has refused. Lukashenka has repeatedly accused the West of directly interfering in the situation in the republic, noting that the US is directing the unrest, and the Europeans are «playing along». Belarus sentenced Babariko to 14 years in prison
