Belarus' opposition leader Tsikhanouskaya says regime change just a matter of time
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya told Euronews that although the protest movement in Belarus has gone mostly underground, people are preparing and "will be ready" to topple the regime at first opportunity.
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Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya told Euronews that although the protest movement in Belarus has gone mostly underground, people are preparing and "will be ready" to topple the regime at first opportunity.
READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/03/21/belarus-people-havent-given-up-on-toppling-the-regime-just-a-question-of-time-tsikhanouska
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00:00What Russian president wants is not only the actual annexation of territories,
00:05but loyal regimes and full Russification of countries and nations,
00:09says Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya.
00:12She told Euronews that although the protest movement in her country had to go mostly underground,
00:17it only means people are getting ready to uprise in the right moment.
00:21You know, for sure what we see in Belarus is a creeping occupation.
00:25And it is done with the allowance of Lukashenko, who is Putin's puppet.
00:30Lukashenko is ready to sell our serenity, sell our independence, our country to Russia just to stay in power.
00:38And it hasn't happened like recently. We see the process of Russification.
00:44You know, what Putin is trying to do, it's for Belarus, for example, it's not about physical annexation.
00:51It's about keeping a loyal government in power. This is what they want in Ukraine, actually, as well.
00:58You said that it is hard to also foresee what can happen as long as Lukashenko is in Belarus.
01:05Do you think it's going to be the same if, hypothetically, Putin is no longer in power?
01:13Of course, something can happen in Russia, and hence it will be weaker Lukashenko, and people will uprise again.
01:22You know, it might be a victory for Ukraine. It also will weaken Putin and weaken Lukashenko.
01:31But the changes in Russia can start from changes in Belarus, as well.
01:36There are more possibilities to change the regime in Belarus than in Russia.
01:41You know, all these constant repressions that we are going through for four, at the most, five years already,
01:47haven't made people to forget or to forgive or to deny their pro-European perspectives, pro-democratic.
01:56And so our movement inside the country, it, of course, now went mostly underground.
02:02But, of course, it hasn't disappeared. While Lukashenko is still detaining people every day,
02:08every day 15, 20 people are detained, because he knows that as soon as he stops, there will be massively people on the streets.
02:16He behaves as if still thousands of people are standing in front of his palace.
02:21Visible quietness in the country doesn't mean that people gave up.
02:26It means that people are preparing, and they will be ready when there will be a possibility.