Tsepkalo clarified that he was referring to the KGB (the national intelligence agency) and the MVD (Ministry of Internal Affairs). They have often chafed with Lukashenko, a former farm director with a boxer’s arms and a bushy moustache, who won his first election in 1994 on a bid to roll back post-Soviet privatisation. Вот полная история – раз уж все спорят о нём", "As Belarus' Dictator Flails, a Tech Leader Waits", "Belarus Ministry of Internal Affairs starts checking another rival of Lukashenko", "Belarus denies main president challenger spot on ballot", "Belarus opposition leader flees abroad with two sons ahead of election", https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020/08/19/world/europe/19reuters-belarus-election-poland-tsepkalo.html, https://www.thefirstnews.com/article/belarusian-opposition-figure-veronika-tsepkalo-arrives-in-poland-15006, https://www.foxnews.com/world/belarus-politician-exile-valery-tsapkalo-lukashenko-plea.amp, https://president.ee/en/meedia/press-releases/16164-president-kaljulaid-met-with-representatives-of-belarusian-opposition/index.html, https://eadaily.com/ru/ampnews/2020/09/17/prezident-estonii-poobeshchala-suprugam-cepkalo-pomoch-v-borbe-za-vlast, https://rep.bntu.by/bitstream/handle/data/58540/%d0%a1.%2074-80.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y, "Фотофакт: жена Валерия Цепкало пришла на пресс-конференцию", "«Выходить с женой в свет — нормально. My vision is to make Belarus the high-tech park," he adds. Ekaterina Pierson-Lyzhina, a Brussels-based researcher into Belarus’ EU foreign policy, said that recent surveys suggest around 60% of people want the country to remain independent and reject any kind of union. Tsepkalo also consulted governments of Azerbaijan and Georgia on IT legislation issues. He also took part in a large IT project in Saudi Arabia. It’s time to give back the power to the people of Belarus. That year, he granted visa-free entry to citizens of 79 countries, and legalised transfers in cryptocurrency – a move designed to attract blockchain startups. Technology and science products now constitute over a third of the country’s exports. На странице экс-главы ПВТ Цепкало опубликовано сообщение о выдвижении в президенты", "Мама Валерия Цепкало про сына: он всегда шел к своей цели", "Цепкало продал дом, чтобы баллотироваться. Mr Tsepkalo told Sky News: ‘He would like to pacify the electorate, to pacify the demonstrators, the people that go out to streets. He pursued a postgraduate program there, graduated with honors as well, lectured, and got his PhD degree in International Law. [40] In an interview with Fox News after spending two days in the country, Tsepkalo compared the situation to that of during the Nazi occupation of Byelorussia during World War II, saying that "People started to demonstrate the traditions of the partisan movement" and that "People started to associate Lukashenko and his regime with the Nazi occupation that destroyed many Belarusians".