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Exiled in Lithuania: voices of the Belarusian opposition
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Since the re-election of President Alexander Lukashenko last August, Belarus has been plunged into a revolution that seems almost won and, at the same time, far from over. The protesters are numerous and determined. Yet their opponent, a former kolkhoz director who has held absolute power for nearly 26 years, refuses to budge. Hundreds of opponents of the regime have been forced to leave their country to seek asylum in Poland, Ukraine and Lithuania. Now these nations, which all border Belarus, are enabling democrats to regroup in safety.
Maria Moroz is a shy woman. She describes herself as an ordinary citizen who has been given a political role that she was unprepared for. I believe this is the situation of all Belarusians, I am no exception, she adds. Maria is the chief strategist to Svetlana Tikhanovskaïa, a leading figure in the democratic movement. Since the presidential elections in August, ....

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