2023-06-25 15:33:35
HomeUkraineWagner boss Prigozhin in Belarus: That’s what opposition leader Tichanovskaya says
Svetlana Tikhanovskaya made several comments on social media over the weekend about Yevgeny Prigozhin’s departure for Belarus.
Suzanne Lenz
The head of the Wagner group Yevgeny Prigozhin. The picture comes from his own press service.Prigozhin Press Service
The Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya has repeatedly commented on social networks about the departure of the head of the Wagner mercenaries Yevgeny Prigozhin to Belarus. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, whom she calls a puppet of Putin, is trying to turn Belarus into a haven for criminals. Now that the weakness and fragility of Putin’s criminal regime has been exposed, it is high time for Europe to react. “I call on the European heads of state and government to act decisively in support of democratic Belarus.” Svetlana Tichanovskaya left it open how the EU should act in concrete terms.
Now that the weakness & fragility of Putin’s bandit regime has been exposed, it’s high time for Europe to react. His puppet Lukashenka tries to turn #Belarus into a criminal haven with nuclear weapons. I call on European leaders to act decisively in support of democratic Belarus. pic.twitter.com/TNkt97XZo5
— Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya (@Tsihanouskaya) June 25, 2023
Bringing the war criminal Prigozhin to Belarus would make the country even more unstable, according to Tichanovskaya. “Belarus doesn’t need more criminals and scoundrels, it needs justice, freedom and security for its people.”
According to Tichanovskaya, one should not be fooled by the Belarusian dictator’s attempt to present himself as a mediator between criminals. “Lukashenko, Putin and Prigozhin all have to answer for their crimes. No one will be safe as long as they remain at large and spread terror to sate their personal thirst for power.”
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Wagner-Söldner in Rostov am Don Eric Romanenko/Imago
Selfie with the Wagner boss: Yevgeny Prigozhin (right) is celebrated when leaving Rostow.AP
A Wagner fighter sits next to a sculpture of the clown Oleg Popov.Erik Romanenko/Imago
Wagner mercenaries leave the Rostov area.Sergey Pivovarov/Imago
Onlookers film Wagner fighters with their smartphones. Erik Romanenko/Imago
A mercenary on a tankErik Romanenko/Imago
Masked Wagner fighter in RostowErik Romanenko/Imago
The city of Moscow prepared its defense: military vehicle on an access road.Sofya Sandurskaya/Imago
Police officers in MoscowValery Sharifulin/Imago
Operation for the Russian National GuardSofya Sandurskaya/TASS/Imago
Russian President Vladimir Putin addresses the nation.Russian Presidential Press Service/dpa
Wagner mercenaries stand on a balcony in Rostov.Roman RomokhovAFP
Wagner-Chef Jewgeni PrigoschinPrigozhin Press Service/AP
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Opposition leader Svetlana Tichanovskaya lives in exile in Lithuania
According to the Belarusian President, in secret negotiations he persuaded Prigozhin to give up the advance of the Wagner groups towards Moscow.
Svetlana Tichanovskaya ran against Lukashenko in the 2020 presidential election. After his re-election, which was not recognized by the West, she denounced election fraud and claimed victory for herself. She finally fled into exile in Lithuania and has since acted from there as the leader of the opposition and the Belarusian democracy movement.
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