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Washington hits Belarus with sanctions as Minsk retaliates against EU measures
reuters.com ^ | OCTOBER 2, 2020 | Reuters Staff

Posted on 10/02/2020 9:30:13 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper

The United States imposed sanctions on eight Belarusian officials on Friday, accusing them of involvement in rigging President Alexander Lukashenko’s re-election victory in August or the violent crackdown on protests that followed.

The move came after the European Union announced sanctions on 40 people, including the interior minister and the head of the election commission, achieving a breakthrough on the issue at summit talks in the early hours of Friday morning.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: alexanderlukashenko; belarus; lukashenko; russia

1 posted on 10/02/2020 9:30:13 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper

And in the US the dems are conspiring to fix the election here.


2 posted on 10/02/2020 9:31:47 PM PDT by Fido969
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Why am I supposed to care? This is the old neocon agenda: get riled up about election results in faraway countries that Americans can’t locate on the map - while our own cities are besieged by Antifa and BLM, and manufacturing continues to be shipped overseas

MAGA was about taking care of America First, not Belarus First or evening Venezuela First.


3 posted on 10/02/2020 9:34:29 PM PDT by rintintin
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To: rintintin

Agree to a point...but this is clear Trump checking Putin. Now on to other stuff.


4 posted on 10/02/2020 9:41:32 PM PDT by rrrod (6)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
PRESS RELEASES - Treasury Sanctions Belarus Officials for Undermining Democracy
5 posted on 10/02/2020 9:46:50 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Is this a color revolution like the one they’re running in the US? Is Norm Eisenwhatever running this one, too?


6 posted on 10/02/2020 9:54:52 PM PDT by Defiant (Does anyone really think that the people creating a police state don't want police?)
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To: rrrod

Lol, you stupid McCrazie, checking Putin and PRC President Xi has made Trump become a laughingstock.


7 posted on 10/02/2020 10:09:02 PM PDT by granada
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Why are we putting any sanctions on if this is between the EU and Belarus? The EU flips us the finger 3 or times a week. Is this another “lets expand NATO east to the Russian border” thing again?

The main thing I care about is that a successful color revolution there will mean the US taxpayer will be on the hook yet again, and we have our own problems at the moment. This is not the time for a new neocon globalist adventure.


8 posted on 10/02/2020 10:10:52 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: granada

Russia and China thank you for your support. I will stick with Trump.


9 posted on 10/02/2020 10:13:34 PM PDT by rrrod (6)
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To: DesertRhino

Agree to a point. Other than Trump checking Putin I don’t see a point. Eastern European countries need to speak up.


10 posted on 10/02/2020 10:15:42 PM PDT by rrrod (6)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

I could give a rat’s hind leg about Belarus. It’s an excuse for the John Bolton types to have American troops being bullet magnets in that former Soviet crap hole.


11 posted on 10/02/2020 10:30:13 PM PDT by jmacusa (If we're all equal how is diversity our strength?)
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To: Berlin_Freeper
Can anyone here enlighten me as to how great the impact would be of Belarussian sanctions against anybody?

Regards,

12 posted on 10/02/2020 11:45:00 PM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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To: rrrod

We know, you try to stick with Ivanka Trump.


13 posted on 10/02/2020 11:56:41 PM PDT by granada
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To: DesertRhino

EU imbeciles can’t deal any problems on their own.


14 posted on 10/03/2020 12:07:16 AM PDT by granada
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To: granada

Forgot your meds?


15 posted on 10/03/2020 3:26:55 AM PDT by rrrod (6)
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To: Berlin_Freeper

Thanks...

Belarus is located next to Poland—so it matters...


16 posted on 10/03/2020 7:58:57 AM PDT by Does so (Kyle RITTENHOUSE neutralized three FELONS! ("Lefty" included).)
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To: rrrod

Poland has been. And they have been headed in a good direction lately.


17 posted on 10/04/2020 6:07:42 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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