Belarus hands exiled Tikhanovskaya 15 years in jail
For spearheading protests against the ex-Soviet country's leader
06 March, 14:00Tikhanovskaya, who was forced to flee to neighbouring EU-member state Lithuania after the protests sparked by a disputed presidential election in 2020, was sentenced in absentia on charges of high treason and "conspiracy to seize power." (ANSA-AFP).