Moscow considers the EU sanctions to be unilateral and illegitimate, and regards it as pressure on the Belarusian authorities
ussia decided to impose the same sanctions against the EU countries as Belarus. This is stated in the commentary by Maria Zakharova, published on the website of the Russian Foreign Ministry.
“We would also like to draw attention to the fact that in accordance with the allied commitments, the Belarusian reciprocal sanctions list, which came into force today, is automatically applied in Russia” the statement informs.
The Russian Foreign Ministry described the EU sanctions as “open and unacceptable pressure on the Belarusian authorities, which are making efforts to normalize the situation inside the country.”
In addition, Russia regards EU sanctions against Belarus as unilateral and illegitimate, undermining the prerogatives of the UN Security Council and leading to further erosion of international law.
As it was reported earlier, The EU deployed sanctions against Minsk so as to put pressure on Alexander Lukashenko.
Governments of the EU member countries agreed to freeze assets and introduce trave bans for some 40 officials.
The EU does not recognize elections in Belarus, where Alexander Lukashenko allegedly won the race. Brussels condemns the violence applied to peaceful protesters, and their arrests. The restrictions will be applied against those responsible for the brutal treatment of protesters who claimed that the election was rigged.
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“We would also like to draw attention to the fact that in accordance with the allied commitments, the Belarusian reciprocal sanctions list, which came into force today, is automatically applied in Russia”
Let’s see what you do when Nord Stream II goes tits up. What will you do then? Will Belarus sanction the EU in exchange for you propping up their ex president?
No more sea food from BeloruSSia? No more water melons from RuSSia?…
Put in is sanctioning RuSSia again.
No more Belarus salmon. LMAO
Oh, that repackaged stuff from Norway? ;))
It’s nice to see Russia not interfering in yet another country. Not sure what their definition of interfering would be.
I think the Moskali definition of “interfering” is “helping”.
Oh dear, sanctions applied by shithole and mini shithole.
Can’t wait for those to bite…………..
“ussia [sic] decided to impose the same sanctions against the EU countries as Belarus. This is stated in the commentary by Maria Zakharova…”
Okay, this means that Maria isn’t offering her pussy on the free market anymore.
Seriously, I doubt that this will cause a tremor in the stock markets. Thin smiles maybe and a few chuckles…