Belarusian democratic leader addresses Parliament

As a long-time ally of the Kremlin, Belarus has been assisting Putin in his war on Ukraine, becoming the launch pad for Russian missiles and tanks and hosting conscripts on its soil. MEPs will assess this cooperation in a debate with Belarusian democratic leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, who is also expected to comment on the latest political situation in her home country. Tsikhanouskaya lives in exile in Lithuania since the crackdown on opposition ordered by Belarusian dictator Aliaksandr Lukashenka following the fraudulent presidential elections in 2020. That same year, Parliament awarded her and other opposition leaders in Belarus with the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought in recognition of their fight for democracy. In 2021, during her previous address to Parliament, Tsikhanouskaya urged Europe to “face autocracy more proactively”. Comment on: Facebook Twitter