Elarus’ opposition leader, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, will be the special guest speaker on the last day of the Labour Party conference.
She will use her speech at the Liverpool rally to say that the fate of her country and neighboring Ukraine is connected in the struggle against Vladimir Putin’s “Russian imperialism. “
Belarus, under authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko, was used as a launching pad for the invasion of its southern neighbor through M. Putin.
Tsikhanouskaya met Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer on his stopover in Westminster.
A Labour spokesman said: “In 2020, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya bravely ran for the presidency of Belarus in opposition to Putin-backed dictator Alexander Lukashenko, inciting other people to take to the streets after the electoral victory won through the armed forces.
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“Since then, she has been forced to flee her home country, but remains a leader of the nonviolent resistance opposed to the oppressive Putin-backed regime in Belarus and a defender of political and civil liberties.
“Her legacy and paintings continue to motivate pro-democracy movements in Belarus and Russia, making her one of the Kremlin’s biggest external enemies outside Belarus and Russia.
“His message to the convention will be that the fate of Belarus and Ukraine are interconnected and that the two countries fight against Russian imperialism and fight for the long-term independence and sovereignty of Vladimir Putin. “
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