EU agrees on ‘immediate’ sanctions against 40 Belarusian officials, but President Lukashenko escapes censure… for now at least

Despite opposition

Despite opposition from Cyprus, the 27 EU members have agreed to immediately blacklist some 40 officials from Belarus – but not President Alexander Lukashenko – over what the bloc says were rigged presidential elections in August.

“We have unblocked sanctions on Belarus,” a senior EU official told Reuters in the early hours of Friday in Brussels.

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