EU, US and Britain impose new sanctions on Belarus over Ryanair ‘state piracy’
West unveils co-ordinated response to forced landing of a Ryanair jet to arrest journalist
21 June 2021 - 21:01
Brussels/Washington/London — Western powers hit Belarus with a wave of new sanctions on Monday in a co-ordinated response to Minsk's forced landing of a Ryanair aeroplane in May to arrest a journalist on board.
The EU, the US, Britain and Canada blacklisted more officials, legislators and ministers from the administration of President Alexander Lukashenko, whose air force intercepted the Ryanair jet flying between Athens and Vilnius on May 23 in what the West called state piracy...
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