It doesn’t look too good for Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko and his son who have both been officially put on the EU sanctions blacklist along with 13 other officials due to post-election crackdown.
The decision was made October 12 at a meeting of EU foreign ministers because of their responsibility for the violent repression by the state apparatus before and after the 2020 presidential elections.
The EU also held Lukashenko responsible for the exclusion of major opposition candidates in the election, arbitrary arrests and the ill-treatment of peaceful demonstrators,.
The sanctions prevent them from getting visas for the European Union as well as freeze their assets in the EU.
The EU has since rejected the results of the August 9 election stating that it does not regard Lukashenko as the legitimate president.
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