Belarus opposition leader Tikhanovskaya ‘safe’ in Lithuania
By DW
13 August 2020 |
11:00 am
Lithuania's foreign minister said that Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, the main challenger to Alexander Lukashenko in Belarus' recent presidential election, had traveled to the neighboring country.
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