Belarus asks Lithuania to extradite ex-presidential candidate Tsikhanouskaya Link copied aA Belarus has asked Lithuania to extradite Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, the leading opposition candidate in last year's presidential election. Sviatlana Cichanouskaja "The Prosecutor General's Office of Belarus has sent a request to the Prosecutor General's Office of Lithuania, seeking the extradition of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya to face prosecution for crimes against the government system, public security, and the state," the Belarusian prosecutors said in a statement on Friday. The Lithuanian Prosecutor General's Office would not comment on whether they have received the request. "The Prosecutor's Office cannot comment on international legal assistance requests from foreign countries, because this is the principle of cooperation between states," Elena Martinoniene, spokeswoman for the Lithuanian prosecutor general, told BNS.