Eyebrows raised as Lukashenko claims he ‘saved’ opposition candidate Tikhanovskaya, giving her $15,000 before she left Belarus

with $15,000,

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has dropped a bombshell by claiming that former Presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya was provided with $15,000, by the state, right before she left for exile in Lithuania.

Speaking at a government meeting on Friday, Lukashenko explained that shortly after the election the leading opposition figure requested a meeting with the country’s Interior Minister Yuri Karayev, asking him to allow her to leave Belarus.

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