Belarusian Olympic athlete given asylum in Poland

RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS - In Brief 09 Aug 2021 by Alex Teddy
On August 1 Krystina Timanovskaya, a female athlete, publicly denounced her coaches in Tokyo. She was then ordered to return to Belarus immediately. She was granted asylum by the Polish Embassy and put on a flight to Poland. Two coaches who told her to leave the Olympics lost their accreditation on August 6. Two more Belarusian athletes have sought asylum in Germany. This is an embarrassment for the Belarussian Government. A strong showing in Tokyo would be one of the only items of good news the country has had in 12 months. The Timanovskaya affair overshadows the medals that Belarus won. Belarusian state media has furiously denounced Timanovskaya thereby drawing more attention to the incident.The first anniversary of the disputed presidential elections is August 9, 2021. The government is bracing itself for protests. The opposition is mostly jailed or in exile. The government is fairly confident that its total surveillance means that there will be no large scale demonstrators.

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