Questão Comentada · 41
1º Semestre · B3GE™
TEXTO DE APOIO (clique para abrir / fechar)
(Note: Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya is the leader of the Belarusian opposition and head of the United Transitional Cabinet. She is currently living in exile in Lithuania.)
Belarus – nestled between the European Union, Ukraine, and Russia – has long been overlooked [esquecido, ignorado, despercebido] and underestimated by outsiders, who often see it as little more than an extension of Russia. This perception stems [resulta] largely from the grip [mão forte] of the country’s dictator, Alexander Lukashenko. Since 1994, he has transformed Belarus into a repressive state marked by fraudulent elections, systemic violence, and a deepening reliance on Moscow and Beijing.
But five years ago, Belarusians made it clear that they do not want to live in a belligerent autocracy, isolated from the rest of Europe and the rest of the world. In 2020, I entered Belarus’s presidential election to stop Lukashenko from claiming a sixth term [mandato]. I didn’t expect to win; Lukashenko had rigged [fraudado] every previous contest. But my message – free the country’s political prisoners, end repression, hold real elections, and restore the rule of law [estado de direito] – struck a nerve. According to independent observers, Belarusians overwhelmingly voted for me. When Lukashenko declared himself the winner anyway, the country exploded in the largest peaceful uprising [revolta pacífica] in its modern history. Up to 1.5 million people flooded the streets of Belarusian cities demanding change.
I did not intend to enter politics. I was an English teacher and then a full-time mother focused on helping my hearing-impaired son [filho com deficiência auditiva]. My husband, Siarhei Tsikhanouski, was the political one – an entrepreneur whose blog exposed the daily humiliations of life under dictatorship. His words inspired thousands. When he announced his candidacy in May 2020, the regime arrested him days later. I decided to run in his place – not out of ambition, but out of love.
The response to the protests was brutal. To clear the streets, the regime carried out waves of mass arrests, engaged in widespread torture, and generally terrorized the populace. It detained tens of thousands of people, and it beat hundreds more. I was forced into exile, along with many others. But still, the uprising shook the regime to its core. The demonstrations might have succeeded, if not for Russian President Vladimir Putin. To prepare for his February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, Putin needed Belarus as a launching pad. He thus propped up Lukashenko by sending security advisers and other kinds of operatives, providing financial assistance, and signaling a readiness to intervene more intensely – saving Lukashenko’s rule in return for obedience and Belarus’s subjugation. Today, my country remains under de facto Russian occupation. Nine million people are being held hostage by a regime that answers not to them, but to the Kremlin.
QUESTÃO
According to the information in the article, all of the following are related to Belarus’s 2020 presidential election except:
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s husband presented himself to the Belarusian people as a pro-democracy candidate.
A significant presence of armed Russian troops in Belarus guaranteed Alexander Lukashenko’s permanence in power.
There is apparently strong support for Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya’s allegation that she was the real winner of the election.
According to Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, her entering the presidential race was essentially a last-minute decision.
The peaceful street protests against Alexander Lukashenko were not confined to the capital of Belarus.
🔐 Gabarito (clique para revelar)
🧭 Leitura orientada
A questão pede identificar a alternativa que não está relacionada às informações apresentadas sobre a eleição presidencial bielorrussa de 2020, conforme narrado pela autora do texto.
🔍 Identificação das informações-chave
O texto informa que Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya entrou na disputa eleitoral após a prisão de seu marido, que havia se lançado candidato. Observadores independentes indicaram que a população votou majoritariamente nela, e a fraude eleitoral levou a protestos pacíficos em diversas cidades. A permanência de Lukashenko no poder é atribuída, posteriormente, ao apoio político, financeiro e estratégico da Rússia, especialmente a partir de 2022.
🧠 Núcleo de sentido
Embora o texto mencione a interferência russa para sustentar o regime de Lukashenko, não há referência à presença massiva de tropas russas armadas em 2020 como fator decisivo imediato para o resultado da eleição.
🔍 Análise alternativa por alternativa (com pegadinhas)
(A) ❌ Errada
Pegadinha: o texto afirma que o marido de Tsikhanouskaya
era uma figura política ativa e pró-democracia.
(B) ✅ Correta — GABARITO
A alternativa não é sustentada pelo texto,
pois a presença de tropas russas armadas em 2020
não é mencionada como fator que garantiu
a permanência de Lukashenko no poder.
(C) ❌ Errada
Pegadinha: o texto menciona observadores independentes
que sustentam a alegação de vitória de Tsikhanouskaya.
(D) ❌ Errada
Pegadinha: a autora afirma que entrou na corrida
de forma não planejada, após a prisão do marido.
(E) ❌ Errada
Pegadinha: o texto indica que os protestos ocorreram
em várias cidades, não apenas na capital.
🧠 Resumo B3GE™ Master
✔ Questão de exclusão (“all except”).
✔ Eleição fraudada gerou protestos nacionais.
✔ Apoio russo não se traduziu em tropas em 2020.
🔎 Gabarito confirmado: (B)