Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya

Sviatlana Hyeorhiyeuna Tsikhanouskaya (, née Pilipchuk, Піліпчук, also trans. Svetlana Georgiyevna Tikhanovskaya, ; born 11 September 1982) is a Belarusian activist and politician. She was a presidential candidate in the 2020 Belarusian presidential election. She was born in Mikashevichy.

2020 presidential campaign

Her husband, Sergei Tikhanovsky is a YouTuber and ran for president in 2020. However he was arrested. After the arrest of her husband on 29 May, Tsikhanouskaya announced her intention to run in his place. "In Belarus, 3 Women Unite to Fight Strongman Lukashenko". Moscow Times. 20 July 2020. Many people supported her campaign because the current president, Alexander Lukashenko has been seen as a dictator and very unpopular.

The night before the election, members of her campaign were arrested and some fled to Minsk.

Soon, she fled to Lithuania due to fear of imprisonment.

In January 2023, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus designated the structures of Svetlana Tikhanovskaya as an extremist formations. Members of extremist formations face imprisonment under Belarusian law.

In March 2023, Tsikhanouskaya was sentenced in-absentia to a 15-year jail term.

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Category:1982 births
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