RIA Novosti informs about it with reference to the press secretary of Tikhanovskaya Anna Krasulina.
“The chief of staff of Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, Maria Moroz, was detained,” she said.
On August 4, Lukashenko called the opposition presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya and her comrades-in-arms Veronika Tsepkalo and Maria Kolesnikova "unfortunate girls." According to him, they "do not understand what they are doing," and it is clear "who is behind them."
At the end of July, a rally in support of Tikhanovskaya was held in Minsk.
The elections of the Belarusian leader will be held on August 9. The Central Election Commission has registered five candidates for the post of head of state.