When virtual turns fake: Danish politicians 'meet' Belarusian opposition figure

FILE PHOTO: Belarus opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya reacts as she speaks to the media at the Reichstag building in Berlin, Germany, October 7, 2020. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Danish politicians held a confidential conference call this week with a person who turned out to be impersonating a leading Belarusian opposition politician, the Danish parliament said on Thursday.

Members of the Foreign Policy Committee unwittingly spoke with a person pretending to be Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya for 40 minutes on Tuesday before the call was ended abruptly, parliament said in a statement on the matter.