“According to the materials of the case, Tikhanovsky S. L., Statkevich N. V., as well as the attracted by them Sakov A. N., Popov D. Yu., Losik I. A., Tsyganovich V. V. and other citizens from June 2019 the year they planned to organize mass riots in the country during the preparation and holding of the presidential elections in the Republic of Belarus in 2020, ”the Prosecutor General's Office of Belarus said in a statement.
According to the Prosecutor General's Office, “Tikhanovsky and other persons from his entourage under various pretexts, including to collect signatures for the nomination of a presidential candidate in the Republic of Belarus, conducted illegal mass events in Minsk, Brest, Grodno, Mogilev, Soligorsk, Miory and other cities of the republic. ".
Earlier, the former candidate for the presidency of Belarus Svetlana Tikhanovskaya said that she did not plan to take part in possible new elections, which the Belarusian opposition calls for.