Tikhanovskaya

A court in Belarus sentenced in absentia ex-presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya (pictured) to 15 years in prison, and her colleague on the Coordinating Council of the opposition, ex-Minister of Culture Pavel Latushko — to 18 years in prison.

The state prosecution requested the Minsk City Court to impose a punishment in absentia for the Belarusian oppositionists Svetlana Takhanovskaya and Pavel Latushko who left in the form of 19 years in a penal colony. This was reported by the state agency BELTA.