Belarusian elections: Tikhanovskaya opposition leader flees “for his children” – BBC News

The Belarussian opposition leader said he had taken a “very difficult decision” to leave the country, saying it was tough after discussing the election result. In a YouTube video, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya said she did it for her children because they continued to protest on the second night. One person has died. He was “safe” in Lithuania, the country’s foreign minister said. The results of the poll gave 80% of the votes of President Alexander Lukashenko, but the fraud has been widely claimed. Clashes between police and protesters have erupted violently over the two nights since the election, and there has been a lot of news of police brutality. Lukashenko, 65, who has ruled the former Soviet state since 1994, has described opposition supporters as “externally controlled” sheep. Subscribe HERE .

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