"I think that people have put too much responsibility on me. People are forgetting that a year ago I was just a mother, not at all involved in politics. I have had to study a lot and Iām trying to do what I can, where I am ā¦ But the responsibility isnāt just on me, itās on all Belarusians."
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Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya
Sviatlana Heorhiyeuna Tsikhanouskaya or Svetlana Georgiyevna Tikhanovskaya (Belarusian: Š”Š²ŃŃŠ»Š°Š½Š° ŠŠµŠ¾ŃŠ³ŃŠµŃŠ½Š° Š¦ŃŃ Š°Š½Š¾ŃŃŠŗŠ°Ń / ÅviatÅana HieorhijeÅna CichanoÅskaja) (Russian: Š”Š²ŠµŃŠ»Š°Š½Š° ŠŠµŠ¾ŃŠ³ŠøŠµŠ²Š½Š° Š¢ŠøŃ Š°Š½Š¾Š²ŃŠŗŠ°Ń) (born 11 September 1982) is a Belarusian human rights activist and politician who ran in the 2020 Belarusian presidential election as the main opposition candidate after her husband Sergei Tikhanovsky was arrested.
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