{"id":44846,"date":"2022-12-09T18:11:47","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T15:11:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/west-fails-to-stifle-belarus-russia-with-sanctions-lukasenka\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"west-fails-to-stifle-belarus-russia-with-sanctions-lukasenka","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/44846\/","title":{"rendered":"West fails to stifle Belarus, Russia with sanctions \u2013 \u0141uka\u0161enka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>December 9, <span>BPN.<\/span><\/b> Western nations have failed to \u201cstifle\u201d Belarus and Russia with sanctions, Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka has told a&nbsp;Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) summit in Bishkek.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cWe see that the collective West\u2019s primitive production of thoughtless economic sanctions packages against Belarus and Russia is beginning to subside,\u201d \u0141uka\u0161enka said, as quoted by his press office. \u201cOur counterparts have already banned everything that can be banned and restricted, even to their own detriment. Now it\u2019s time for them to understand and assess the consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> In the West, \u0141uka\u0161enka added, the rhetoric of Belarus and Russia nearing economic collapse \u201chas been replaced by sober judgments of observers, analysts and individual politicians\u201d saying that sanctions caused even more harm to their initiators. <\/p>\n<p> Minsk and Moscow \u201care realistically looking at things and do not expect that this pressure will weaken in the near future,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cThe most important thing is that we did not allow living standards&nbsp;of our citizens to fall,\u201d \u0141uka\u0161enka said. \u201cThat&nbsp;was achieved, among other things, through&nbsp;our joint measures to counter external pressure and ensure the stability of the EAEU\u2019s national economies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Over the past few years, democratic nations have imposed multiple restrictions on Belarus, mainly over allegations&nbsp;human rights violations. Sanctions were imposed in response to allegations of vote rigging in&nbsp;the 2020 presidential election, brutal crackdown on protests, the forced landing of a Ryanair flight, a migration crisis on the EU border, and Belarus&#8217; support of Russia\u2019s war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 9, BPN. Western nations have failed to \u201cstifle\u201d Belarus and Russia with sanctions, Alaksandr \u0141uka\u0161enka has told a&nbsp;Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) summit in Bishkek. \u201cWe see that the collective West\u2019s primitive production of thoughtless economic sanctions packages against Belarus and Russia is beginning to subside,\u201d \u0141uka\u0161enka said, as quoted by his press office. \u201cOur [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-44846","articles","type-articles","status-publish","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>West fails to stifle Belarus, Russia with sanctions \u2013 \u0141uka\u0161enka | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"December 9, BPN. 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