Writer Svetlana Alexievich MINSK, March 19 Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said that she had fled to the West writer Svetlana Aleksievich, who supported the opposition, may return to Belarus. «I don’t relate to (Aleksievich — ed.) now … This is a person who, having become a Nobel laureate — we won’t say how and why — but who grew up on this land, betrayed her and fled from here. No one expelled her, expelled her from Belarus, this is her right. She chose Germany … Today, most likely, like everyone else, she can return to Belarus, but if they allowed violation of our laws, they must understand that they must answer according to these laws, like any citizen of Belarus,» he said in an interview with the Japanese TV channel TBS. The video of the interview was shown by the YouTube channel of the State Television News Agency. After the presidential elections held in Belarus on August 9, 2020, in which Lukashenka won for the sixth time, who, according to the CEC, won 80.1% of the vote, opposition protests were held in the country to suppress which the security forces, among other things, used special equipment and special equipment. The KGB of Belarus in February 2021 stated that the manifestations of protests had practically disappeared. In Belarus, criminal cases have been initiated against a number of opposition leaders, including calls for a seizure of power, the creation of an extremist group, a conspiracy to seize state power by unconstitutional means, and an attempted terrorist act.
Aleksievich was awarded the Order of Merit for the FRG»
