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EU Approves Further Sanctions Against Belarus Over Role In Russia's Invasion Of Ukraine

By RFE/RL's Belarus Service March 02, 2022

The European Union has approved new sanctions on Belarus for assisting Russia in its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine.

France, the current holder of the EU's rotating presidency, said in a statement on March 2 that the sanctions are aimed at those individuals in Belarus who are playing a role in aiding the attacks on Ukraine, as well as "some economic sectors, and in particular timber, steel, and potassium."

The 27-nation bloc has already imposed a series of wide-ranging measures against Belarus over human rights abuses stemming from a brutal crackdown by the regime of authoritarian ruler Alyaksandr Lukashenka against dissent after a disputed presidential election in August 2020.

Lukashenka claimed victory, and a sixth consecutive term in office, after the vote, while the opposition says the process was rigged and that its candidate, Svyatlana Tsikhanouskaya, won the balloting.

Source: https://www.rferl.org/a/eu-belarus- new-sanctions-lukashenka/31732048.html

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