“During the pre-election program and months of protest after the elections, the team of Svetlana Tikhanovskaya communicated and continues to communicate with a huge number of Belarusians.
Some of them have always been and continue to remain focused on radical measures - but Svetlana Tikhanovskaya never participated in the development of such plans, "RIA Novosti comments.
The press service of Tikhanovskaya assured that the ex-presidential candidate of Belarus "supports only peaceful methods."
They also stated that the video published by the Investigative Committee of Belarus shows that Tikhanovskaya "left the room so as not to continue the discussion."
Earlier, the Investigative Committee of Belarus submitted documents to the General Prosecutor's Office of the republic for the extradition of Tikhanovskaya.
According to the investigation, “people from the inner circle” of Tikhanovskaya were preparing for riots and the seizure of government buildings in Gomel, the plan of which was discussed at a meeting on August 5, 2020.