{"id":512267,"date":"2026-01-26T10:24:34","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T07:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=512267"},"modified":"2026-01-26T11:13:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T08:13:38","slug":"head-of-lithuanian-liberals-says-tsikhanouskaya-s-relocation-is-a-loss-for-lithuania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/head-of-lithuanian-liberals-says-tsikhanouskaya-s-relocation-is-a-loss-for-lithuania","title":{"rendered":"Head of Lithuanian Liberals Says Tsikhanouskaya\u2019s Relocation Is a Loss for Lithuania"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Leader of Lithuania\u2019s Liberal Movement <b>Viktoria \u010cmilyt\u0117-Nielsen<\/b> believes that <b>Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya<\/b>\u2019s move to Poland is a loss for Lithuania. She placed responsibility for this on the current government.<\/p>\n<p><i>\u201cI believe this is a loss. And I have grounds to think so. Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya may not have been as visible within Lithuania itself as some expected, but she was and, I have no doubt, remains an important ambassador of the Belarusian opposition and Belarusian civil society worldwide. She is a politician and a leader who is received by the heads of all major and smaller states that are Lithuania\u2019s allies.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>When Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya was in different capitals and spoke about her country, (\u2026) she always expressed gratitude to Lithuania and emphasized Lithuania\u2019s importance as a key partner in the fight for democracy,\u201d<\/i> \u010cmilyt\u0117-Nielsen said, as reported by LRT.<\/p>\n<p>In her view, over the course of a year the ruling coalition has managed to undermine groundwork that had been built by more than one government.<\/p>\n<p><i>\u201cThis was a truly deliberate decision \u2014 to reduce the level of security, to send a signal to the regime of <b>Alyaksandr Lukashenka<\/b> (\u2026) that we do not value this and that it would be more convenient for us if she left. In my view, this is a loss for us, if we speak purely in terms of our interests. And, unfortunately, in the context of international politics, Lithuania is increasingly turning into a province and losing important levers.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Over the course of a year, the Social Democrats have managed to destroy the groundwork that was created by more than one government,\u201d<\/i> she said.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, <a href=\"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/landsbergis-tsikhanouskaya-is-a-real-fighter-her-legitimacy-is-secured\"><b>Gabrielius Landsbergis<\/b><\/a>, former leader of the Lithuanian Conservatives and former foreign minister, also criticized the government\u2019s decisions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leader of Lithuania\u2019s Liberal Movement Viktoria \u010cmilyt\u0117-Nielsen believes that Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya\u2019s move to Poland is a loss for Lithuania. She placed responsibility for this on the current government. \u201cI believe this is a loss. And I have grounds to think so. Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya may not have been as visible within Lithuania itself as some expected, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":512266,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/69772236c3154.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"Head of Lithuanian Liberals Says Tsikhanouskaya\u2019s Relocation Is a Loss for Lithuania"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142339,142338],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-512267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-main","category-news"],"wps_subtitle":"","permalink_manager":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=512267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512267\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/512266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=512267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=512267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=512267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}