Lukashenko imposes sanctions on the West in response

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Retaliatory sanctions have been imposed on those countries that have imposed sanctions on Belarusian legal and natural persons.

The Cabinet of Ministers will approve the list of specific goods and services, as well as, if necessary, foreign legal and natural persons.

The document was adopted to ensure the protection of security and national interests of Belarus, officials explain.

The European Union (EU) has imposed sanctions on Belarus in three rounds since October for human rights abuses and the falsification of presidential elections.

Sanctions were imposed on representatives of Belarus’s security structures and election commission, Mr Lukashenko and 14 senior government officials, as well as representatives of the authorities and business.

EU High Representative Joseph Borrell warned on February 22 that the EU was considering imposing new sanctions on Belarus.

Sanctions for official Minsk “on the undermining of democracy” last October also determined ASV. Since then, the list of US sanctions has been updated several times.

In Belarus, a large-scale protest against the falsification of the presidential election and the authoritarian leader Lukashenko began after the August 9 presidential election.

Authorities detained thousands of protesters, many of whom testified to torture.

Several protesters lost their lives and more than 400 protesters were sentenced to severe prison terms.

The opposition is demanding the removal of Lukashenko from power, the release of political prisoners and the holding of new elections.

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