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Minsk is searching for possibilities normalise relations with the EU

EASTWEEK

2012-04-18 | Kamil Kłysiński

Two Belarusian political prisoners, a former presidential candidate Andrei Sannikau and his aide Zmitser Bandarenka, who had both been sentenced to several years in prison in spring 2011, were released on 14 and 15 April. more »

Limited EU economic sanctions on Belarus

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2012-03-28 | Joanna Hyndle-Hussein and Kamil Kłysiński

On 23 March, the EU decided to extend its sanctions on Belarus. The list of 232 people banned from entering the EU was extended by a further 12 names, including two major Belarusian businessmen suspected of financially supporting the regime of Alyaksandr Lukashenka. more »

A demonstration of Eurasian solidarity

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2012-03-14 | Agata Wierzbowska-Miazga

The Prime Ministers of Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus, the member states of the Common Economic Space established at the initiative of Russia, issued a joint statement on 11 March in which they deemed unacceptable the sanctions against Belarus introduced and announced by the European Union and the United States. more »

Belarus's diplomatic war with the European Union

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2012-02-29 | Kamil Kłysiński and Rafał Sadowski

By ratcheting up the tension with the EU, Minsk is hoping to reinforce the divisions between those member states which are primarily interested in developing economic cooperation with Belarus, and those that advocate taking a firm stance on Minsk’s human rights violations. Belarus’s decision was also intended for internal purposes, and its aim was to consolidate both the ruling camp and the general public. more »

Belarus is trying to use the issue of political prisoners as a bargaining chip in its relations with the West

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2012-02-01 | Kamil Kłysiński

On 25 January at a press conference Iryna Khalip, the wife of one of Belarus's political prisoners, Andrei Sannikau, announced that already last November her husband, probably pressured by tortures and threats, asked President Alexander Lukashenka for a pardon. more »