{"id":82733,"date":"2026-05-14T20:59:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T20:59:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/82733\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T20:59:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T20:59:21","slug":"sviatlana-tsikhanouskaya-took-part-in-a-roundtable-discussion-at-the-stockholm-center-for-eastern-european-studies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/82733\/","title":{"rendered":"Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya took part in a roundtable discussion at the Stockholm Center for Eastern European Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On May 11, during her visit to Sweden, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya spoke at a roundtable discussion hosted by the Stockholm Center for Eastern European Studies. She stated that the situation surrounding Belarus remains contradictory: political prisoners are being released while repression continues, and the Lukashenka regime\u2019s dependence on Russia is only deepening.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking about the region more broadly, Ms. Tsikhanouskaya noted that Russia\u2019s influence is no longer seen as inevitable. She pointed to Armenia as an example, noting that the country is now seeking closer ties with Europe. She added that Belarusians also want to move in this direction.<\/p>\n<p>Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya called on Europe to prepare policies both for sanctions against the regime in Belarus and for the country\u2019s future transformation \u2014 through support for independent media, civil society, economic modernization, and a long-term strategy for reintegration into the European space.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat is happening in Armenia is interesting not because the situations in Belarus and Armenia are identical \u2014 they are not \u2014 but because Armenia demonstrates that post-Soviet states are still actively reassessing their geopolitical orientation. For years, Russia positioned itself as the region\u2019s inevitable center of gravity. Today, that assumption is weakening. Countries are increasingly seeking diversified partnerships, greater independence, and stronger relations with Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Belarus will ultimately move in the same direction. And I believe many Belarusians already agree with this. The idea that Belarus has no future outside Russia\u2019s sphere of influence is becoming less convincing, especially among young people\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-126263\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/OST_9966-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\"  \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On May 11, during her visit to Sweden, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya spoke at a roundtable discussion hosted by the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":82734,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[83],"tags":[131,132],"class_list":{"0":"post-82733","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-stockholm","8":"tag-stockholm","9":"tag-sweden"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116574943029016870","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82733"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82733\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}