Alexander Milinkevich
Alexander Milinkevich
Alaksandar Uładzimieravič Milinkievič, Russian: Александр Владимирович Милинкевич Aleksandr Vładimirovich Milinkievich, born 25 July 1947 in Grodno) is a Belarusian politician. He was nominated by the leading opposition parties in Belarus to run against incumbent Alexander Lukashenko in the 2006 presidential election...
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announced chances date early fact fear holding lack people proof reduce step
The fact that the authorities announced an early date is proof of their fear. The authorities want to reduce our chances of holding meetings.... But people see such a step by the authorities as proof of their lack of confidence.
decide future people
We will tell our people the truth, it's up to them to decide their country's future.
election people revolution
We don't want a revolution but the people could go out to protest. In all probability I think already that the election won't be democratic.
base beneficial build myths relations
We should build our relations honestly, on mutually beneficial conditions, and not base them on myths and manipulations, as Lukashenko does.
defend government gun last president television
The president has said on television he will defend his government down to the last gun cartridge. This is very alarming.
began communist laugh laughing people solidarity
People will laugh at those figures. In Poland, people began laughing at communist authorities and this is when Solidarity won. We are getting there.
exhausted
Lukashenko has exhausted the possibility of strengthening his power.
exists large regime strong support
This regime exists in large part because it has the strong support of Russia.
violence
We will come out with flowers, we will come out peacefully, without any violence.
countries democratic difficult helping interested work
Democratic countries are able to help, they are interested in helping us. But it is difficult to work with us.
asked rest
Nothing happened. I was tired. They asked me to rest, something I haven't done in months.
peaceful people
It will be a peaceful demonstration. We will come out with flowers. We will tell people the truth.
days democracy destroying essence regime shows three truth
The authorities are destroying freedom, truth and justice. There was only enough democracy for three days and this shows the essence of the regime that has been established in Belarus.
believe georgia next
We believe that Belarus will be next after Georgia and Ukraine.