Presidential election in Belarus: "Svetlana Tikhanovskaya presents a face of modernity"

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Alexander Lukashenko faces an atypical opponent: Svetlana Tikhanovskaya. SERGEI GAPON / AFP

By: Amélie Tulet

Usually bleak and played in advance, Sunday's presidential election in Belarus has turned into a challenge for the authoritarian Alexander Lukashenko, faced with the emergence of an unexpected opposition, embodied in particular by a novice in politics: Svetlana Tikhanovskaya . The analysis by Alexandra Goujon, lecturer in political science at the University of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté and researcher at the Center for Research and Studies in Law and Political Science (Credespo).

  • Belarus
  • Alexander Lukashenko

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