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Germans were celebrating the 35th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall on Saturday that had divided the city into east and west for years during the Cold War. On Nov. 9, 1989 communist East Germany threw open its borders, allowing citizens to travel freely to the West for the first time in decades. Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya spoke with Euronews in Berlin about the continuing repression inside her own country. For many Belarusian citizens, the fall of the Berlin Wall has a very special meaning, she said. For Belarusians, the Berlin Wall has a very important symb…