{"id":262129,"date":"2021-05-29T07:36:39","date_gmt":"2021-05-29T04:36:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/us-to-levy-sanctions-on-belarus-after-intercepting-a-plane\/"},"modified":"2021-05-29T07:36:39","modified_gmt":"2021-05-29T04:36:39","slug":"us-to-levy-sanctions-on-belarus-after-intercepting-a-plane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/us-to-levy-sanctions-on-belarus-after-intercepting-a-plane\/","title":{"rendered":"#US to levy sanctions on Belarus after intercepting a plane"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#US to levy sanctions on Belarus after intercepting a plane<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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The US has begun drawing up sanctions against Belarus and its president, Alexander Lukashenko, following last weekend\u2019s forced landing of a Ryanair flight and the arrest of a 26-year-old opposition activist and blogger on board. <\/p>\n

Belarussian authorities used a fake bomb threat as a pretext to force the flight, from Athens, Greece to Vilnius, Lithuania, to land in Minsk, where Roman Protasevich and girlfriend Sofia Sapega were arrested. They have been in custody ever since. <\/p>\n

White House press secretary Jen Psaki announced late Friday<\/a> that so-called \u201cfull blocking sanctions\u201d would be re-imposed against nine state-owned companies in the former Soviet republic effective June 3. The sanctions would prohibit Americans from dealing with the businesses, their property or other interests. <\/p>\n

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The United States has issued sanctions against Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko after authorities grounded a plane and arrested an opposition leader. <\/figcaption>
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Roman Protasevich, who opposed President Lukashenko, was arrested when his plane was forced to land by Belarusian authorities.<\/figcaption>
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Psaki added that the White House is working with the European Union and other allies to develop targeted sanctions against Lukashenko and members of his regime \u201cassociated with ongoing abuses of human rights and corruption, the falsification of the 2020 election, and the events of May 23.\u201d <\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the State Department issued a \u201cLevel 4 Do Not Travel<\/a>\u201d advisory warning Americans not to travel to Belarus, and the Federal Aviation Administration warned airline pilots to \u201cexercise extreme caution\u201d when flying over Belarussian airspace.<\/p>\n

Psaki concluded her statement by calling on Lukashenko to \u201callow a credible international investigation into the events of May 23, immedia<\/a>tely release all political prisoners, and enter into a comprehensive and genuine political dialogue with the leaders of the democratic opposition and civil society groups that leads to the conduct of free and fair Presidential elections under OSCE [Organization for Security and Co-Operation in Europe] auspices and monitoring.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lukashenko, 66, a former Soviet Army soldier, has ruled Belarus since 1994 and is sometimes referred to as \u201cEurope\u2019s Last Dictator.\u201d He has been accused of ordering the kidnapp<\/a>ing and murder of opposition politicians and activists, as well as authorizing the detention and torture of Belarusians protesting the results of last August\u2019s presidential election. <\/p>\n

Lukashenko claimed to have won a sixth term in office, but the opposition and international observers have rejected that claim and called for a new poll. <\/p><\/div>\n

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