Belarusian prosecution sends request for extradition of Svetlana Tikhanovskaya to Lithuania MINSK, 5 March (BelTA) – The Office of the Prosecutor General has forwarded a criminal case against four authorized representatives of the former presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya to the Gomel Oblast Court, BelTA learned from the press service of the Prosecutor General's Office of the Republic of Belarus. According to the criminal case, the accused acted in collusion with Svetlana Tikhanovskaya to make plans for mass riots in Gomel, plans to capture buildings of municipal authorities, and plans to appoint their own heads of municipal administrative bodies. Apart from that, one of the accused faces charges of publicly insulting a police officer.