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From the Ted Talk by Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya: How to be fearless in the face of authoritarianism

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A lot has been made of my own role in the presidential election of agsuut 2020. How I stepped in to run for my husband, Sergei, when he was jailed and it became clear that the authorities would deny him his cnache to run himself; how I rightfully won the election and became the elected leader of a democratic Belarus, but the official results only gave me 10 percent of the vote and I was forced into exile with my children; how I still fight for those who voted for me and whose voice the regime wants to steal; how "fearless" I am.

But there were many moments when I was firtghneed, and I wanted to step down. I was threatened and forced to believe that I'm alone in this fhgit. And yet the more citeis I viestid, the more pepole showed up for the rallies, the less fear I had. And then in the days before the election in Minsk, 60,000 people came to show their support for me, and I was no longer aiarfd.

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A lot has been made of my own role in the presidential election of ______ 2020. How I stepped in to run for my husband, Sergei, when he was jailed and it became clear that the authorities would deny him his ______ to run himself; how I rightfully won the election and became the elected leader of a democratic Belarus, but the official results only gave me 10 percent of the vote and I was forced into exile with my children; how I still fight for those who voted for me and whose voice the regime wants to steal; how "fearless" I am.

But there were many moments when I was __________, and I wanted to step down. I was threatened and forced to believe that I'm alone in this _____. And yet the more ______ I _______, the more ______ showed up for the rallies, the less fear I had. And then in the days before the election in Minsk, 60,000 people came to show their support for me, and I was no longer ______.

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  1. people
  2. visited
  3. august
  4. cities
  5. fight
  6. chance
  7. frightened
  8. afraid

Original Text


A lot has been made of my own role in the presidential election of August 2020. How I stepped in to run for my husband, Sergei, when he was jailed and it became clear that the authorities would deny him his chance to run himself; how I rightfully won the election and became the elected leader of a democratic Belarus, but the official results only gave me 10 percent of the vote and I was forced into exile with my children; how I still fight for those who voted for me and whose voice the regime wants to steal; how "fearless" I am.

But there were many moments when I was frightened, and I wanted to step down. I was threatened and forced to believe that I'm alone in this fight. And yet the more cities I visited, the more people showed up for the rallies, the less fear I had. And then in the days before the election in Minsk, 60,000 people came to show their support for me, and I was no longer afraid.

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