03:36Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said he helped former presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya travel to Lithuania at her request, while speaking with Agrokombinat Dzerzhinsky workers in Fanipol on Friday.
"I took Svetlana [Tikhanovskaya] to Lithuania, as people call her ‘the main candidate’. I just don't want to tell you what it was like. It happened at her request. She begged me: "For God's Sake, take me to my children in Lithuania". She's an ordinary woman, she loves her children. I understand all this. But she was thrown into the ashes, and today she is trampling on those heads," he said.
The Belarusian leader also said that he does not want to impose martial law in order to preserve "peace and quiet for those who want to work."
He also mentioned Belarusian-Russian relations, saying the "Belarusian problem is no less important for Russia today than for Belarus. They [the West] attack Russia first of all. And they want to crush us. No way. It won't work! We will fight back," Lukashenko said.
Belarus has been swept by anti-government protests following the disputed presidential election on August 9 that saw five-term incumbent Alexander Lukashenko re-elected.
Belarus: Lukashenko says he helped Tikhanovskaya go to Lithuania 'at her request'
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said he helped former presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya travel to Lithuania at her request, while speaking with Agrokombinat Dzerzhinsky workers in Fanipol on Friday.
"I took Svetlana [Tikhanovskaya] to Lithuania, as people call her ‘the main candidate’. I just don't want to tell you what it was like. It happened at her request. She begged me: "For God's Sake, take me to my children in Lithuania". She's an ordinary woman, she loves her children. I understand all this. But she was thrown into the ashes, and today she is trampling on those heads," he said.
The Belarusian leader also said that he does not want to impose martial law in order to preserve "peace and quiet for those who want to work."
He also mentioned Belarusian-Russian relations, saying the "Belarusian problem is no less important for Russia today than for Belarus. They [the West] attack Russia first of all. And they want to crush us. No way. It won't work! We will fight back," Lukashenko said.
Belarus has been swept by anti-government protests following the disputed presidential election on August 9 that saw five-term incumbent Alexander Lukashenko re-elected.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said he helped former presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya travel to Lithuania at her request, while speaking with Agrokombinat Dzerzhinsky workers in Fanipol on Friday.
"I took Svetlana [Tikhanovskaya] to Lithuania, as people call her ‘the main candidate’. I just don't want to tell you what it was like. It happened at her request. She begged me: "For God's Sake, take me to my children in Lithuania". She's an ordinary woman, she loves her children. I understand all this. But she was thrown into the ashes, and today she is trampling on those heads," he said.
The Belarusian leader also said that he does not want to impose martial law in order to preserve "peace and quiet for those who want to work."
He also mentioned Belarusian-Russian relations, saying the "Belarusian problem is no less important for Russia today than for Belarus. They [the West] attack Russia first of all. And they want to crush us. No way. It won't work! We will fight back," Lukashenko said.
Belarus has been swept by anti-government protests following the disputed presidential election on August 9 that saw five-term incumbent Alexander Lukashenko re-elected.