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European Commission Report Highlights Ukraine’s Gains in Governance, Reform and Resilience
7 November 2024
Kyiv seems to be playing a strategic game to avoid further involvement of the Belarusian army in the Russian invasion, but it is costing diplomatic relations with their ideological counterpart, Svetlana Tsikhanouskaya.
The Belarusian Ministry of Internal Affairs has officially declared the coordinating board and the office of the democratic opposition leader Svetlana Tsikhanouskaya as extremist. Currently, the list of so-called “extremist formations”, which is regularly updated by the Belarusian authorities, includes 114 civil organizations.
A year before, in the wake of the brutal crackdown that followed 2020’ fraudulent presidential election, Svetlana Tsikhanouskaya, now in exile, was charged with terrorism. Along with her colleagues, who fled the country, she is on a “terrorist wanted” list.