{"id":148039,"date":"2025-07-24T17:06:23","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T14:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/148039\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:40:57","slug":"estonia-extends-sanctions-against-lukasenka-regime","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/148039\/","title":{"rendered":"Estonia extends sanctions against \u0141uka\u0161enka regime indefinitely"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>July 24, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Estonia has indefinitely extended entry bans and asset freezes against key members of Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s regime, the country&#8217;s public broadcaster <em>ERR <\/em>reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The proposal had been filed by Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna who noted that the human rights situation in Belarus had not changed for the better and Minsk supported the Russian war against Ukraine, which only heightened the need for pressure on the regime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFor almost five years since the introduction of sanctions, there have been no positive changes in Belarus. We cannot turn a blind eye to the ongoing repression, so the sanctions must remain in place indefinitely,\u201d Tsahkna stressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The list of people subject to sanctions contains 273 names, including \u0141uka\u0161enka, his inner circle, high-ranking officials, judges, security officials and propagandists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <em>ERR <\/em>said that neither Estonia nor its EU allies considered \u0141uka\u0161enka a \u201clegitimate head of state.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking with <em>TASS<\/em>, a spokeswoman for \u0141uka\u0161enka quoted him as commenting in an apparent joke, \u201cUnfortunately, I have never been to Estonia\u2026 And after the introduction of sanctions, I keep asking myself, will I survive?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tallinn first imposed sanctions on Minsk in 2020, amid large-scale protests that followed Belarus\u2019 presidential election. The restrictive measures were later extended several times.<\/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\/2024\/02\/mvd-soyuz.by-1128-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/mvd-soyuz.by-1128-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/mvd-soyuz.by-1128-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/mvd-soyuz.by-1128-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/mvd-soyuz.by-1128-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/mvd-soyuz.by-1128.jpg 1128w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">Interior ministry brands one Estonian, 31 Belarusians as extremists<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">July 18, Pozirk. The interior ministry has added 32 new names to the list of \u201cpersons involved in extremist activities,\u201d taking the total of entries to 5,543, its website says. One of the blacklisted individuals is Estonian national Allan Roio, &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/147313\">\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 24, Pozirk. Estonia has indefinitely extended entry bans and asset freezes against key members of Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s regime, the country&#8217;s public broadcaster ERR reported. The proposal had been filed by Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna who noted that the human rights situation in Belarus had not changed for the better and Minsk supported the Russian [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":89298,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-148039","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>Estonia extends sanctions against \u0141uka\u0161enka regime indefinitely | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"July 24, Pozirk. 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