[1] In addition, throughout the campaign, Veronica was constantly under pressure from the government: from collecting information in the school where children study.

[3] On 30 July 2020, during a rally in Minsk, Veronica spoke about the personal affairs of her family, and cited the falsification of a criminal case against her mother, who at that time was already in a serious medical condition.

[4] Fearing the loss of her freedom as a result of political persecution, she fled the country on the eve of the 2020 Belarusian presidential election, joining her husband in Moscow.

[14] Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, Maria Kolesnikova, and Tsepkalo were awarded the Csoklich Democracy Prize by the Styria Media Group in 2021.

[15] The same three Belarusian opposition leaders were awarded the International Association of Political Consultants Democracy Medal (2021),[16] and the Charlemagne Prize (2022).