President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko in an interview with CNN spoke of his former rival Svetlana Tikhanov phrase “I am not fighting with women,” reports TASS.
“means about the character in a female race I will not speak. I’m not fighting with women, and I do not want to characterize it,” said the head of the republic.
According to him, the leader of the opposition is “a person living in a specific country and has another point of view.” “I know these people in Belarus. They are on your side and get money from you,” said Lukashenko.
Earlier it was reported that Lukashenko in an interview refused to apologize to the Belarusians, calling the “fiction and fantasies” of the allegations of human rights violations in his country. “I don’t think I have something to apologize for”, “he said.
Alexander Lukashenko became president of Belarus in 1994. In August 2020, he once again participated in the elections. The CEC stated that Lukashenko scored 80 percent of the votes, Tikhanovskaya – 10 percent. The country began mass protests that lasted for several months. A number of opposition politicians and activists were arrested or left Belorussia. Tikhanovskaya is located in Lithuania.