Alexander Milinkevich
Alexander Milinkevich
Alaksandar Uładzimieravič Milinkievič, Russian: Александр Владимирович Милинкевич Aleksandr Vładimirovich Milinkievich, born 25 July 1947 in Grodno) is a Belarusian politician. He was nominated by the leading opposition parties in Belarus to run against incumbent Alexander Lukashenko in the 2006 presidential election...
economic hit people rather sanctions street tend view
Our view ... is that economic sanctions tend to hit the people in the street rather than the regime, and they're not very effective.
violence
We will come out with flowers, we will come out peacefully, without any violence.
announced chances date early fact fear holding lack people proof reduce step
The fact that the authorities announced an early date is proof of their fear. The authorities want to reduce our chances of holding meetings.... But people see such a step by the authorities as proof of their lack of confidence.
exists large regime strong support
This regime exists in large part because it has the strong support of Russia.
injured invite join solidarity
We are in solidarity with those injured yesterday. We will invite him to join our coalition.
believe georgia next
We believe that Belarus will be next after Georgia and Ukraine.
continue planned registered travelling work
If we are not registered we will continue all the work we have already planned as if we were registered. We'll go out to the people, travelling as much as we can around the country.
defend organized
We must defend one another. The authorities are violating the law, they have organized large-scale repression.
election people took wake
We took part in the presidential election to wake people up, to tell them the truth.
election people revolution
We don't want a revolution but the people could go out to protest. In all probability I think already that the election won't be democratic.
decide future people
We will tell our people the truth, it's up to them to decide their country's future.
began communist laugh laughing people solidarity
People will laugh at those figures. In Poland, people began laughing at communist authorities and this is when Solidarity won. We are getting there.
exhausted
Lukashenko has exhausted the possibility of strengthening his power.
base beneficial build myths relations
We should build our relations honestly, on mutually beneficial conditions, and not base them on myths and manipulations, as Lukashenko does.