Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya Is Overcoming Her Fears Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya has spent more than half of her short political career in exile. Six months ago, the former English teacher was a stay-at-home mom. Her husband, the businessman Siarhei Tsikhanouski, often used his popular YouTube channel to criticize the regime of the dictator Alexander Lukashenka, who has ruled Belarus for twenty-six years. In May, as Belarus prepared for the quinquennial ritual that Lukashenka calls a Presidential election, Tsikhanouski, who had planned to run, was arrested. So was another opposition candidate, Viktar Babaryka. A third, Valery Tsepkalo, was not allowed on the ballot. Three women—Tsepkalo’s wife, Veronika; Babaryka’s campaign director, ... Continue reading... https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-...atlana-tsikhanouskaya-is-overcoming-her-fears | Find in Internet Archives | [google]Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya Is Overcoming Her Fears[/google]
Svetlana Tikhanovskaya How a Belarusian Teacher and Stay-at-Home Mom Came to Lead a National Revolt On a hot summer day last August, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya was pacing up and down her empty apartment in Minsk, the capital of Belarus in Central Europe, her life—and her country—in turmoil. With her husband in jail, she had sent her two small children out of the country, to safety, and she now faced a stark choice, bluntly handed to her by the nation’s hard-line security forces: flee into exile herself, or face arrest. “I had a couple of hours, but I could not pack anything, because I was so overstressed,” she recalls. “It was a shock. I was not prepared ... Continue reading... https://news.yahoo.com/belarusian-teacher-stay-home-mom-183121078.html | Find in Internet Archives | [google]How a Belarusian Teacher and Stay-at-Home Mom Came to Lead a National Revolt[/google]
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya: 'During the election campaign - I felt fear every day' Last year, it took a rigged election to prevent Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya becoming president of Belarus. She only ran as a candidate after her husband, a popular YouTuber and opposition activist, was arrested soon after announcing his candidacy. She decided to run in his place - and it is suspected she was allowed to do so because the authoritarian, Soviet-era President Alexander Lukashenko didn't take her particularly seriously. In the months leading up to election day, her popularity blossomed - hundreds of thousands of people turned up to her rallies - her victory seemed inevitable. The result, however, showed a landslide ... Continue reading... https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/43...g-the-election-campaign-i-felt-fear-every-day | Find in Internet Archives | [google]Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya: 'During the election campaign - I felt fear every day'[/google]
How a Belarusian Teacher and Stay-at-Home Mom Came to Lead a National Revolt On a hot summer day last August, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya was pacing up and down her empty apartment in Minsk, the capital of Belarus in Central Europe, her life—and her country—in turmoil. With her husband in jail, she had sent her two small children out of the country, to safety, and she now faced a stark choice, bluntly handed to her by the nation’s hard-line security forces: flee into exile herself, or face arrest. “I had a couple of hours, but I could not pack anything, because I was so overstressed,” she recalls. “It was a shock. I was not prepared ... Continue reading... https://finance.yahoo.com/news/belarusian-teacher-stay-home-mom-183121078.html | Find in Internet Archives | [google]How a Belarusian Teacher and Stay-at-Home Mom Came to Lead a National Revolt[/google]
How a Belarusian Teacher and Stay-at-Home Mom Came to Lead a National Revolt On a hot summer day last August, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya was pacing up and down her empty apartment in Minsk, the capital of Belarus in Central Europe, her life—and her country—in turmoil. With her husband in jail, she had sent her two small children out of the country, to safety, and she now faced a stark choice, bluntly handed to her by the nation’s hard-line security forces: flee into exile herself, or face arrest. “I had a couple of hours, but I could not pack anything, because I was so overstressed,” she recalls. “It was a shock. I was not prepared ... Continue reading... https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/belarusian-teacher-stay-home-mom-183121078.html | Find in Internet Archives | [google]How a Belarusian Teacher and Stay-at-Home Mom Came to Lead a National Revolt[/google]
