The day: Lukashenko initiates proceedings against critics

The day
Lukashenko initiates proceedings against critics

The Belarusian ruler Alexander Lukashenko has officially initiated criminal proceedings against the leaders of the democracy movement in his country. Against Svetlana Tichanowskaja, Maria Kolesnikowa, Maxim Snak, Olga Kowalkowa, Sergej Dylewski and other people because of education and leadership a "extremist association"investigated, announced the attorney general. They had pursued in a" conspiracy "the goal of a seizure of power by means of a coup.

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The criminal proceedings are considered politically motivated to muzzle Lukashenko's opponents. The 38-year-old Svetlana Tichanowskaja is considered the true winner of the August 9 election. She is in exile in the neighboring EU country Lithuania. Maria Kolesnikova has been sitting since her Kidnapping by the KGB secret service already in custody. Hundreds of people are regularly arrested using force during the protests in Belarus.

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