THE pro-democracy leader-in-exile of Belarus has praised Nicola Sturgeon for delivering a “wonderful” speech to the SNP conference.
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya – who is widely believed to have won the 2020 Belarusian elections before being forced into exile by the Russia-backed dictator Alexander Lukashenko – praised the First Minister after she addressed delegates in Aberdeen on Monday.
Speaking at the final day of the SNP’s first in-person conference since 2019, Sturgeon positioned herself in direct opposition to the rhetoric deployed by Home Secretary Suella Braverman.