“leader of democratic Belarus”
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Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya
Sviatlana Hieorhiyeuna Tsikhanouskaya is a Belarusian opposition leader and political activist. Since running in the 2020 presidential election against President Alexander Lukashenko, she has led dissidence to his authoritarian rule through an alternate government operating from Lithuania and Poland.
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politics · Belarusian opposition leader (born 1982) · civil rights advocate · translator · language teacher · interpreter · politician · philologist · also Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, Sviatlana Hieorhiyeuna Tsikhanouskaya, Tsikhanouskaya
Born 11 September 1982 · Q97010473
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2026· 23 entries
“there must be a symbol of freedom”
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Святлана Ціханоўская: Expired Belarusian passports: Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s Office works to secure solutions for Belarusians in exile
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Published video “Светлана Тихановская — про дело против Лукашенко в международном уголовном суде. #беларусь”.
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Published video “🤍❤️🤍 Беларусь — гэта людзі, якія працягваюць змагацца #беларусь #тихановская”.
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Published video “Светлана Тихановская — про освобождение политзаключенных #беларусь #тихановская #новости #беларусы”.
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Святлана Ціханоўская: Simplified passport and migration procedures for Belarusians in Sweden, meeting at Poland’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Weekly updates from Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s Office: August 10–16
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Святлана Ціханоўская: Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya met with ambassadors and diplomats working on Belarus
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Published video “Светлана Тихановская — про заболевание сына #беларусь #тихановская #новости”.
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Published video “Светлана Тихановская: «Мы не должны жить так, как нам навязывают». #беларусь #тихановская #новости”.
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Published video “Светлана Тихановская — про силу Беларуси. #беларусь #тихановская #новости”.
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Published video “Памёр Аляксандр Мілінкевіч 💔 #беларусь #тихановская #новости”.
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Published video “Святлана Ціханоўская звярнулася да беларусаў і беларусак. #беларусь #тихановская #новости #беларусы”.
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Святлана Ціханоўская: New Belarus Conference, 2020 protests anniversary. Weekly updates from Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s Office: August 3–9
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Published video “Канферэнцыя «Новая Беларусь». Мы зрабілі яе разам. Дзякуй усім #беларусь #тихановская #новости”.
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Published video “Светлана Тихановская на акции в Варшаве 9 августа #беларусь #тихановская #новости #беларусы #варшава”.
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Святлана Ціханоўская: Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya joined the Dignity Day rally in Warsaw
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Святлана Ціханоўская: Women’s Breakfast with Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya took place in Warsaw
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Святлана Ціханоўская: Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s address to Belarusians on the sixth anniversary of the 2020 protests
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Euronews.com: Video. Euronews Belarus ban turns viewers into targets, Tsikhanouskaya says
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Euronews.com: Euronews Belarus ban turns viewers into targets, Tsikhanouskaya says
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Yahoo: Ukraine's victory is crucial for future of Belarus, says Belarusian opposition leader in exile Tsikhanouskaya
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Новости Украины: Zelenskyy meets with Belarusian oppositionist Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya
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2025· 1 entry
Awarded Honorary Citizen of Bologna (2025).
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2024· 1 entry
Variety: All3Media International Boards ‘The Accidental President,’ About Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya: ‘Putin Has Been Aided by Neighboring Poodle Alexander Lukashenko’ (EXCLUSIVE)
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2023· 3 entries
Claimed: ““The deployment of any kind of nuclear weapons in Belarus is not only a violation of international commitments such as the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and the Budapest Memorandum of 1994. It also violates our non-nuclear status under the Constitution...”” — rated True by VOA.
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American Enterprise Institute: A Conversation with Belarusian Opposition Leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya: The Fight for European Democracy
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Tsikhanouskaya was tried in absentia by the Belarusian government and sentenced to fifteen years of prison
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2022· 4 entries
Awarded Charlemagne Prize (2022).
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Won Four Freedoms Award – Freedom Medal (2022).
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Tsikhanouskaya sought to promote the anti-war movement in Belarus
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For being a symbol of the ongoing struggle of Belarusian citizens for their freedom
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2021· 1 entry
Was nominated for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize by Lithuanian president Gitanas Nausėda and multiple Norwegian members of parliament
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2020· 5 entries
Yahoo: A look at Belarus' opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya
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Awarded BBC 100 Women (2020).
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Awarded Sakharov Prize (2020).
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Campaign: 2020 Belarusian presidential election.
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Set up a Coordination Council and in 2022 a United Transitional Cabinet
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2019· 1 entry
Tsikhanouskaya's husband Tsikhanouski started a YouTube channel, "A Country for Life", in which he interviewed people and challenged the rule of Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko
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2004· 2 entries
And she took the name Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya
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Studied at Philological Faculty of the I. P. Shamyakin Moscow State University (2000–2004).
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1982· 1 entry
Born 1982-09-11.
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