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a day later we found out why. translation: i am sergei tikhanovsky, belarus - businessman and blogger and would like to announce that i will take part in the presidential campaign as a candidate. he d been arrested after he announced he was running for president. so that meant he wasn t able to register in person as a presidential candidate. instead, his wife sviatlana tsikhanouskaya registered in his place. she s now one of the leading opposition figures. he was later released and for a short time, they were both on the campaign trail and he kept pushing his message. translation: if the president | will be participating and the head of the electoral committee will be counting the votes, there will be falsifications and we shouldn t go to the polling stations. mr tikhanovsky was arrested again later that month but this was shortlived. mr tikhanovsky was arrested again later that month this time would not be released. and today the authorities say he s faced justice for organisi