Julie D. Fisher, the first U.S. Ambassador to Belarus since 2008, meets Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya in Vilnius, Lithuania April 21, 2021. REUTERS/Janis Laizans
VILNIUS (Reuters) - The U.S. ambassador to Belarus met exiled opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya on Wednesday in a show of support on the eve of a planned meeting between President Alexander Lukashenko and his Russian sponsor Vladimir Putin in Moscow.
Russia rallied behind its ally Lukashenko last year when he cracked down on protesters who took to the streets after an election his opponents say was rigged. Lukashenko is due to meet Putin on Thursday in the Kremlin.
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