Name: Belarus: Opposition in Exile - ARTE Reportage
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Description: Opposition presidential candidate Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya fled Minsk for Vilnius where she joins many opponents of the regime in the Lithuanian capital. Reporting also from the Lithuania-Belarus border villages where views are mixed on Lukashenko.

Belarus: Opposition in Exile

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Opposition presidential candidate Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya fled Minsk for Vilnius where she joins many opponents of the regime in the Lithuanian capital. Reporting also from the Lithuania-Belarus border villages where views are mixed on Lukashenko.

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<p>Opposition presidential candidate Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya fled Minsk for Vilnius where she joins many opponents of the regime in the Lithuanian capital. Reporting also from the Lithuania-Belarus border villages where views are mixed on Lukashenko.</p>

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