“Personally, I am against deeper integration with Russia because Belarus is a sovereign nation. We want to be independent. We want to find friends and not enemies among other countries.”

— Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya

"«Нельзя так со своим народом»Главная соперница Лукашенко — о том, почему у белорусов кончилось терпение и нужна ли им Россия" https://lenta.ru/articles/2020/07/30/tihanovskaya/ (30 July 2020)

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