‘I am the only leader’: Exiled Belarusian opposition figure Tikhanovskaya claims presidency after Lukashenko’s secret inauguration

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Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, a candidate for the Belarusian Presidency in last month’s disputed election now in forced exile, has called the inauguration of Alexander Lukashenko for a sixth presidential term, a “farce.”

Tikhanovskaya, who believes she really won the contest, was speaking after Lukashenko was inducted to the country’s highest office for a sixth consecutive term. Unlike previous occasions, this year’s was a low-key ceremony, and was not pre-announced.

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