Personally, I am against deeper integration with Russia because Belarus is a sovereign nation. We want to be independent. We want to find friends and… - Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya

I think that people have put too much responsibility on me. People are forgetting that a year ago I was just a mother, not at all involved in politics. I have had to study a lot and I’m trying to do what I can, where I am … But the responsibility isn’t just on me, it’s on all Belarusians.

Democracy is about participation in the first place. And with participation comes responsibility for decisions and actions.

I call on the USA to be with us. It’s very important when a regime is destroying everything in Belarus, destroying mass media, destroying all the organizations, it’s extremely important to support all those people.