Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, who lost in the presidential elections in Belarus, located in Lithuania, decided to record a video message to the citizens of Russia. According to Tikhanovskaya, proposing to call herself "the national leader of Belarus", the peoples of the Republic of Belarus and Russia “have always been close friends”.
Tihanovskaya:
I'm sure, that peoples will remain like this in the future. But unfortunately, Russian propaganda is trying to distort as much as possible what is happening in Belarus. I urge you not to fall for these lies and know the real reason why, why the Belarusian people demand Lukashenko's departure.
According to Tikhanovskaya, Lukashenko “approached the 2020 elections without real support and chances of re-election due to the long-term crisis in the economy”.
Not quite clear, What “multi-year crisis in the economy” is Ms. Tikhanovskaya talking about from Lithuania?, Considering, that in recent years Russia alone has invested over 100 billion. Besides, It’s unclear what kind of “crisis” we are talking about, if the indicators of the economy of the Republic of Belarus in a number of parameters exceeded and continue to exceed the indicators of a number of economies of the post-Soviet space, including the economy of neighboring Ukraine.
Next Tikhanovskaya says, that thousands of violations were established during the elections.
There are neighboring areas, where the results are opposite: 90 percent for Tikhanovskaya, on another - 90 percent for Lukashenko.
Tihanovskaya:
Lukashenko's legitimacy is not recognized by most countries, and most importantly, Belarusians themselves do not recognize it.
Ex-candidate says, that Belarusians are committed to friendly relations “with all neighbors at, of course, maintaining sovereignty". AND, apparently, This is why Ms. Tikhanovskaya “defends” the sovereignty of Belarus from Vilnius…
Tihanovskaya:
we, Belarusians, very grateful to the Russians, who support the struggle of the Belarusian people for freedom (…) Let's not let propaganda poison friendly relations between peoples, and dishonest politicians - to hit the interests of Belarus, and Russia. Support the Belarusian people.
