Belarus has threatened to halt the transit of EU goods via its territory after Europe’s recent economic sanctions. “First: not a step inside the Belarusian market; second: not a step-through Belarus … the same should be done with the Germans. Let [them] supply their products to China and Russia through Finland or Ukraine,” Belarus president Aleksander Lukashenko said Tuesday, Reuters reports. He also jailed a political opponent for 14 years.
EUobserver: Lukashenko lashes out at EU trade, political prisoners
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko speaks during a meeting with Commonwealth of Independent States officials in Minsk on May 28, 2021.
