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Lithuania cuts Tsikhanouskaya’s security, citing cost optimization

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya with her aides Franak Vyachorka and Dzianis Kuchynski in Vilnius, 8th July, 2025. Photo: : Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya / Flickr
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya with her aides Franak Vyachorka and Dzianis Kuchynski in Vilnius, 8th July, 2025. Photo: : Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya / Flickr

Lithuania has reduced the level of protection provided to Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, prompting her team in Vilnius to suspend physical operations and move most staff to remote work. Officials say the decision is part of an effort to optimise spending, not a change in political stance toward the Belarusian democratic movement.