{"id":137505,"date":"2025-05-10T16:27:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-10T13:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/137505\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"minsk-moscow-hold-military-parades-to-justify-aggression-cichanouskaja","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/137505\/","title":{"rendered":"Minsk, Moscow hold military parades to justify aggression \u2013 Cichano\u016dskaja"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/tikhanouskaia_riga_press.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/tikhanouskaia_riga_press.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/tikhanouskaia_riga_press-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/tikhanouskaia_riga_press-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/tikhanouskaia_riga_press-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/tikhanouskaia_riga_press-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Cichano\u016dskaja&#039;s press office)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>May 10, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Minsk and Moscow used military parades on Victory Day to justify war, instead of celebrating peace, Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja said yesterday at an event in Latvia&#8217;s Riga dedicated to the security of the Baltics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Once May 9 marked the victory over evil, but now it is used to justify evil,\u201d her press office quoted her as saying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2020, Belarusians voted for changes and despite the ongoing reprisals, this desire has not changed, the politician noted. &#8220;As soon as Belarus regains full sovereignty, we will start the European integration process, as the Latvians did two decades ago,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/tihanovskaya-latvia-2-9-05-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/tihanovskaya-latvia-2-9-05-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/tihanovskaya-latvia-2-9-05-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/tihanovskaya-latvia-2-9-05-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/tihanovskaya-latvia-2-9-05-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/tihanovskaya-latvia-2-9-05.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Opposition leader visiting Latvia<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">May 9, Pozirk. Belarusian opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja has suggested synchronizing the activities of the Baltic states&#039; parliamentary groups supporting a democratic Belarus as she met Latvian MPs during her one-day visit to Riga, her press office reports. The politician &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/137391\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 10, Pozirk. 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