Jailed Belarus opposition figure Maria Kolesnikova ‘in intensive care’
udf.byMaria Kolesnikova at a rally in Minsk, Belarus, 30 August 2020. Photograph: AP ‘Our dear Masha, we all hope that you will be alright!’ said Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, leader of trio of women who led 2020 protests The jailed Belarusian opposition leader Maria Kolesnikova has been admitted to intensive care and undergone surgery, her allies have said. “Maria is in the emergency hospital in Gomel, in the intensive care unit,” said the press service of Viktor Babaryko, another opposition politician.
Kolesnikova father, Alexander Kolesnikov, said his daughter was in a grave but stable condition. The doctors didn’t share her diagnosis or any other details with him about the surgery, Kolesnikov said.