INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on Thursday praised Donald Trump for his victory in the United States presidential election and
in the West as fraudulent.Three female opposition leaders united to challenge the Belarusian strongman in that election, including Svetlana
Tikhanovskaya, who was forced into exile and later sentenced to 15 years in prison in absentia, and Maria Kolesnikova, who refused to flee
the country and received an 11-year prison sentence in 2021 amid a post-election crackdown on dissent.
