Ex-presidential candidate sentenced to jail

Minsk City Court

Western-backed Belarusian opposition figure Svetlana Tikhanovskaya was handed 15 years in absentia.

Minsk City Court on Monday sentenced, in absentia, former Belarusian presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya to 15 years behind bars and fined her approximately US$10,000. 

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