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After the Baltic states imposed sanctions on the Belarusian regime on Monday, the Belarusian foreign minister, who arrived in Moscow today, manifested his retaliatory actions.
“We are informed about the list of personal sanctions introduced by the three Baltic States. I would like to say that yesterday we agreed on the proposals and that they have already been approved for the application of asymmetric sanctions to the respective people of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia”, says the Belarusian Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei.
Lithuania has imposed sanctions on the Lukashenko regime for electoral fraud and violence against peaceful protesters, which has continued for the fourth consecutive week. At least 80 people were found yesterday in the dungeon alone during the peaceful student protests. Among them are minor students. On the sanctions list in the Baltic countries as a whole, 29 people and the authoritarian leader of Belarus.
For its part, the Lukashenko regime says that the retaliation blacklist, which will prevent people from entering Belarus, includes those who have allegedly tried to diligently interfere in the internal affairs of Belarus by making unacceptable political statements and making concrete proposals of financial support to opponents of the government.
Prime Minister Saulius Skvernelis says he sees no reason for the neighboring country’s authorities to take such a move.
“Clearly, it is a question of the country, if they see reasons to impose some sanctions on at least one Lithuanian politician or official, then it is a question of self-determination.” Today, I don’t see any reason to do it, “says the Prime Minister.
Yesterday, angered by the sanctions of the Baltic states, Lukashenko declared that he planned to strike a deal with Russia and divert the transit of Belarusian cargo from the Baltic states to Russian ports. The Lithuanian prime minister says such a step would only hurt Belarusians themselves economically.
“Due to the threat associated with the transport of goods, we take it very seriously. I can repeat once again that this is a completely unreasonable decision, it would be a political decision to the detriment of the Republic of Belarus itself,” says S. Skvernelis .
In addition, the government announced today the launch of a plan to support the people of Belarus, worth more than one hundred thousand euros, to help Belarusians affected by the repression of the Lukashenko regime.
“Decisions have been made on financial support to EHU University and scholarships for 100 students, as well as treatment services, rehabilitation services for people affected by the repression, as well as legal assistance. In the end, decisions were even made to find ways for companies that decided to leave Belarus, a high-tech company, so that the best place for them would be Lithuania, ”said S. Skvernelis.
At the time, the Kremlin was unhappy with its support for the Belarusian opposition and began issuing threats to repress anyone who tried to separate Belarus from Russia.
“Tensions are rising in the European Union, NATO;” From there we see quite destructive statements and of course we see the activity of the North Atlantic Alliance near the borders of Belarus, which is also the external border of the state of the Union, “said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
Lavrov, without providing any evidence today, said the alleged incitement to protests in Ukraine was being driven by extremists trained in Belarus. Earlier, Putin declared that he was ready to bring specially trained forces into the country after extremist forces began to wreak havoc in Belarus. Lukashenko himself is increasingly trying to portray the peaceful protests in the country as a bloody uprising against him, saying that the opposition that came to power will start killing people and their children.
“I do not want my country, which I built from the ruins of the empire, to be torn to pieces, and I do not want honest and decent people who work in it to be killed. It won’t be cleaning, as some say. It will be a clan of blood. “What happened in Ukraine will look like a walk in the park,” said Belarusian President Lukashenko.
As the Kremlin’s efforts to support the Lukashenko regime grow, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin announced his visit to Minsk on Thursday, while Belarus’ defense minister will visit Moscow on Friday.
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