{"id":110564,"date":"2024-10-22T12:36:10","date_gmt":"2024-10-22T09:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/110564\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"western-sanctions-boost-belarus-russia-integration-russian-diplomat","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/110564\/","title":{"rendered":"Western sanctions boost Belarus-Russia integration \u2013 Russian diplomat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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October 22, Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Western sanctions helped intensify Belarusian-Russian integration, fostering bilateral economic cooperation, Russian Ambassador Boris Gryzlov has told Russia’s RIA Novosti<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Our geopolitical opponents have tried to cut Russia and Belarus off advanced technologies and thereby deprive us of prospects for further development,\u201d the diplomat said, accusing the West of plotting economic collapse in Russia and Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, sanctions caused \u201ca noticeably higher, and in some cases even unprecedented capacity use at production facilities available in Belarus,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Western countries started introducing sanctions against Belarus in 2020, two years before Russia\u2019s war on Ukraine, punishing the government for a rigged presidential election and human rights abuses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, sanctions against Minsk have been reportedly weaker than those against Moscow, allowing Belarus to become a way station for sanctioned goods to reach Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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