Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya

Poland among first to back Belarusian democracy movement - Tsikhanouskaya

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Poland was among the first countries to back the democracy movement in Belarus, exiled Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya said on Thursday after meeting with Polish President Andrzej Duda in Warsaw.

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