Belarusian opposition activist Maria Kolesnikova has been charged with publicly calling for seizure of power, investigators said Wednesday. She is the only one of three women who led this summer’s protests still in the country.
Kolesnikova who – together with Svetlana Tikhanovskaya and Veronika Tsepkalo – spearheaded marches opposing long-time President Alexander Lukashenko was arrested last week after a dramatic chain of events. She was apparently abducted in broad daylight on a Minsk street before an attempt to forcibly deport her to Ukraine ended in failure after she ripped up her passport to scupper the plan.
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