{"id":145895,"date":"2025-07-08T17:43:25","date_gmt":"2025-07-08T14:43:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/145895\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"minsk-accuses-eu-court-of-bias-over-sanctions-ruling","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/145895\/","title":{"rendered":"Minsk accuses EU court of bias over sanctions ruling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/mid_belarusi_zdanie_1128x752.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/mid_belarusi_zdanie_1128x752.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/mid_belarusi_zdanie_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/mid_belarusi_zdanie_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/mid_belarusi_zdanie_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/mid_belarusi_zdanie_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(mfa.gov.by)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>July 8, <em>Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>The European Court of Justice&#8217;s ruling to uphold sanctions against two Belarusian chemical plants &#8220;shatters the widely promoted myth of fairness and objectivity in the European judicial system,\u201d the Belarusian foreign ministry has said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The statement comes five days after the court dismissed an appeal by Hrodna Azot, a nitrogen fertilizer producer, and Chimva\u0142akno chemical plant. Both wanted it to lift sanctions introduced by Brussels in 2021 over the management\u2019s politically-motivated reprisals against employees during the crackdown on the 2020 postelection protests and financing Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s regime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ministry called on the EU to \u201cabandon the harmful practice of using unlawful restrictive measures, which serve solely as tools of unfair competition and political pressure.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/sud_es_logo_1128x752-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/sud_es_logo_1128x752-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/sud_es_logo_1128x752-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/sud_es_logo_1128x752-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/sud_es_logo_1128x752-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/sud_es_logo_1128x752.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Economy<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Politics<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">Economy, Politics<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">EU court upholds sanctions on Belarusian chemical plants<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">July 3, Pozirk. The European Court of Justice has dismissed an appeal by the Hrodna Azot nitrogen fertilizer producer and Chimva\u0142akno chemical plant, leaving the European Union&#039;s sanctions against them in force. Brussels sanctioned both companies in 2021, punishing the &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/145306\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 8, Pozirk. The European Court of Justice&#8217;s ruling to uphold sanctions against two Belarusian chemical plants &#8220;shatters the widely promoted myth of fairness and objectivity in the European judicial system,\u201d the Belarusian foreign ministry has said. The statement comes five days after the court dismissed an appeal by Hrodna Azot, a nitrogen fertilizer producer, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":93297,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-145895","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Minsk accuses EU court of bias over sanctions ruling | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"July 8, Pozirk. 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