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August 8, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Opposition leader \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja, in an interview with Pozirk<\/em> just days before the fifth anniversary of the disputed 2020 presidential election and the subsequent protests, emphasized the importance of the 2020 uprising in Belarus for the nation\u2019s development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs a nation, we received a colossal impetus toward prosperity and the formation of a national identity. If life had remained as calm and undisturbed as it was before 2020, people might never have thought of Belarus as their Motherland \u2014 something they must protect and change themselves. We would have continued living in ignorance.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2020, Belarusians suddenly realized that silence and passive acceptance of injustice came at a high cost.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt taught us a lot. It helped us understand ourselves as Belarusians \u2014 as part of a nation responsible for the future of our country.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She acknowledged that Belarusians have not yet achieved the goals they set in 2020 \u2014 ending repression, freeing political prisoners and holding free and fair elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut I believe we are much closer to achieving them now than we were in 2020.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNow we are back on our feet. We have gained recognition from democratic countries thanks to the moral sovereignty we, Belarusians, have regained and secured. That\u2019s a big deal. If the democratic forces had not been working all these years, especially after the start of the war [Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine], the world would have placed us in the same basket as Russia \u2014 and Belarusians would be treated the same way [as Russians].\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read the full interview in Belarusian<\/a> and Russian<\/a> on our website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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