It has been almost a month since the Belarusian presidential election, which, like every edition since 1994, ended in the same way. But even though Alexander Lukashenko is still the country's leader, the election has led to strong protests. And despite the fact that security forces have cracked down hard on protesters and arrested journalists, the will to demonstrate does not seem to be waning.

- What has happened since 9 August (election day, editor's note) is terrible and will neither be forgotten nor forgiven. But the crimes against the Belarusian people forced them to continue taking to the streets, says Svetlana Tichanovskaya.

Does not comment on high-profile video

The opposition leader is still in exile in Lithuania, where, according to her, she traveled for her own safety. From there, she has called for further protests against Lukashenko. However, it did not sound like a video that was released by the state news agency shortly after she left the country.

In it, the message was the opposite, something that made her co-workers suspect that Tichanovskaya was forced to record the video.

She herself does not want to comment on the speculation.

- I'm not ready to talk about it yet. Maybe in the future.

"We are in the majority"

While you are safe, you call for continued protests with all the risks involved. How do you look at it?

- I understand my responsibility, but I am only a source of inspiration, not a leader. As the situation is today, every Belarusian is his own leader, says Tichanovskaya.

Despite this, she has been described as a leader of the opposition, a description she turns to.

- There is no opposition, we are in the majority. A majority that wants to live in a safe and free country where no one is arrested for having expressed their opinion and where it is possible to vote for whichever president they want.

See the entire interview in Agenda, at 21.15 on SVT 2.