Svetlana Tikhanovskaya was an English teacher with no political ambitions. Until her blogger husband was arrested and denied his shot at running. Photos: AP
Stay-at-home-mother Svetlana Tikhanovskaya never had presidential ambitions.
But in a tale worthy of a Hollywood script, in a matter of weeks the 37-year-old has gone from an unknown to the strongest rival to Belarus strongman Alexander Lukashenko, who is seeking a sixth term in the August 9 poll.
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