Alina Leonova on Nostr: The candidate was later kidnapped from the hospital and arrested. The protest ...

The candidate was later kidnapped from the hospital and arrested. The protest dispersed. That was 2012, I think? The year I decided to leave the country.

But it's so hard to believe now that in the past we actually had independent candidates. Before 2020 they were always arrested after the election. In 2020, they were arrested before, but Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya stepped up and everyone united around her. 3/