Belarus puts Tsikhanouskaya on wanted list

Belarus has put opposition leader Svetlana Tsikhanouskaya on its wanted list for allegedly making calls to overthrow the constitutional order, the RIA news agency cited Russia’s Interior Ministry as saying on Friday.

Tsikhanouskaya fled to neighbouring Lithuania shortly after a disputed Aug. 9 election and has since met European political leaders and called for President Alexander Lukashenko to leave power.

Tsikhanouskaya later appeared on Russia’s wanted list, something Russia’s Interior Ministry said had happened through a mechanism outlined in a regional bloc that both Russia and Belarus are members of.