Deputy Head the United Transitional Cabinet of Belarus Pavel Latushka commented on the news about the death of Russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny
“Navalny's death. Not the first and not the last murder of a political prisoner, a human tragedy. Why is this happening? The root cause is the regime that rules in Russia. Which has started a war. Which destroys political opponents. This tragedy is another signal that the task of the entire civilized world is to eliminate regimes. If the democratic world does not give a tough and principled response to Navalny's death, dictators will feel impunity.
Belarus is under the rule of a maniac, whose name is Lukashenko. Who has already led to the death of four political prisoners - Vitold Ashurak, Nikalai Klimovich, Ales Pushkin, Vadim Khrasko. Six people have been in the status of incommunicado for about a year - Mikalai Statkevich, Maria Kalesnikava, Maksim Znak, Viktar Babarika, Ihar Losik, Siarhei Tikhanouski.
There are thousands of political prisoners in Belarus!
If the world does not give a tough and principled response to the death of Alexei Navalny, it will unleash both Putin and Lukashenko to slowly kill political opponents in prisons.
What can the democratic world do? Prosecute the dictators and impose crushing sanctions on the regimes of Belarus and Russia”.