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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Democratic countries are able to help, they are interested in helping us. But it is difficult to work with us.
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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.
asked rest
Nothing happened. I was tired. They asked me to rest, something I haven't done in months.
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They have organized large-scale repression. In these conditions, we are trying to do everything we can to achieve the truth.
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We will tell our people the truth, it's up to them to decide their country's future.
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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.
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We should build our relations honestly, on mutually beneficial conditions, and not base them on myths and manipulations, as Lukashenko does.
sheer
This is a sheer farce, this is not a real trial.
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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.
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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.
peaceful people
It will be a peaceful demonstration. We will come out with flowers. We will tell people the truth.
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We believe that Belarus will be next after Georgia and Ukraine.
violence
We will come out with flowers, we will come out peacefully, without any violence.