Russia has added Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya to its interstate wanted list on a criminal charge, the state-run RIA Novosti news agency reported Wednesday.
Tikhanovskaya claimed victory against strongman leader Alexander Lukashenko in Belarus’ Aug. 9 presidential election but fled to neighboring Lithuania soon after, citing pressure from the authorities.
The Russian police database entry says Tikhanovskaya “is wanted under an article of the Criminal Code” but does not specify which article.
Russia automatically added Tikhanovskaya to the list after Belarusian authorities added her to their own list, the state-run TASS news agency reported, citing a law enforcement source. Russia and Belarus are partially integrated under a union-state agreement.
Belarusian authorities in August opened a criminal probe into alleged attempts to “seize power” when opposition figures including Tikhanovskaya formed a Coordination Council to oversee a peaceful transition of power after the election.
Nearly all leading members of the council have been jailed as part of the criminal case or have fled the country.
Russia placed its support behind Lukashenko following the vote, while Europe refuses to recognize the election results and has drawn up sanctions against Belarusian officials it says are responsible for vote-rigging and a violent crackdown on protesters.
(c) The Moscow Times
There we have it, so much for dialogue eh, Macron. The perfect response to this would be for the EU to add the ex president of Belarus to sanctions, and the president of Russia. If Muscovy want to play that game, the EU can do the same, but we know they won’t.
For what reason? winning the elections?
Winning is only allowed if you cheat.
“…Tikhanovskaya “is wanted under an article of the Criminal Code” but does not specify which article.”
They don’t even have an article that covers something she did. Somebody tell Putin that she is a citizen of Belarus and their 3rd world constitution and Criminal codes do not cover her. Why don’t they just be honest and say, “She is wanted because Vladolf wants her dead.”
I still can’t believe this den of monkeys has a veto at the UN…
I’m sure Putin will find some law she has broken, or his puppets will invent one.
So she’s not a ruSSian asset, despite she has the same position concerning Crimea as i do, and Navalny. Macron is now exposed with his pants round his ankles…
Interesting article here that says Putin is testing the Belarus scenario, to see if he can do the same when the public rise up against him.
http://windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2020/10/lukashenkas-behavior-shows-putin-he-can.html
The day Kadyrov is gone, Putin is gone.
“…the morals of the siloviki are “no better than those of a wolf pack,”
How true. We will celebrate the day the siloviki decide to roast that fat goose and the world would instantly become more civilized.
That is why massive sanctions on the siloviki are needed. Deprive them of money, they will deprive shorty of oxygen.
Even when she had lost, what crime did she commit under Russian law?