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Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya

Belarusian opposition leader

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A teacher who stood in Belarus’s 2020 presidential election after her husband was jailed, and has led the democratic opposition from exile since.

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya sits in the right-libertarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: centered on economy and leaning libertarian. The clearest positions are leaning libertarian on liberty and authority, leaning tech-optimist on technology and leaning institutional on institutions. The profile is close to the middle on economy, war and peace and religion.

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Where Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya sits on ten dimensions

Each scale runs from one pole to the other, and the dot shows the overall tendency of this person's record and public life. These are simplified estimates and open to debate.

💰EconomyCentered on economy
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityLeaning libertarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureSlightly progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationSlightly nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentSlightly nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceCentered on war and peace
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionCentered on religion
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismCentered on interventionism
Non-interventionistInterventionist

People most like Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya

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People furthest from Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya

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Political views closest to Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya

Civic republicanismValues citizen participation, civic virtue and freedom from domination, and often…99%Liberal nationalismHolds that nations have a right to self-government and a shared identity, provided they…99%ConstitutionalismHolds that power should be limited by a written constitution, independent courts and…97%GeorgismTaxes land and natural resources instead of labor, arguing that the value of land…97%

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Percentages show how close two profiles are across all ten dimensions. Including a person here is for study and comparison, not approval. Portrait: Polish presidency of the Council of the EU 2025, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.