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“It is difficult to comment on the illogical emotional gestures of our neighbors in the Baltic countries, sometimes fraught with hysteria. It has expanded the sanctions lists … Well, starting today, as we promised, we are also introducing symmetric retaliatory measures for each of these countries, “Foreign Ministry spokesman Anatoly Hlaz told Interfax.
Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia extended sanctions on Friday against members of the Belarusian regime responsible for electoral fraud and violence against peaceful protesters.
Lithuania and Estonia have announced that they have added 98 officials to the list, Latvia, 101 people, and includes judges and staff from the power structures.
Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius told BNS that the new round of sanctions was fueled by the European Union’s delay in introducing joint sanctions and the inauguration of the unrecognized president of the West, Aliaksandr Lukashenko, last week.
In late August, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia imposed sanctions on Lukashenko and several dozen other officials.
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