{"id":45047,"date":"2022-12-23T19:01:52","date_gmt":"2022-12-23T16:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/cichanouskaja-adviser-authorities-do-not-see-sanctions-as-strong-enough-to-make-concessions\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"cichanouskaja-adviser-authorities-do-not-see-sanctions-as-strong-enough-to-make-concessions","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/45047\/","title":{"rendered":"Cichano\u016dskaja adviser: authorities do not see sanctions as strong enough to make concessions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>December 23, <span>BPN.<\/span><\/b> The authorities in Minsk do not yet feel that the threat of sanctions is strong enough to make concessions, said Franak Via\u010dorka, a senior advisor to \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja.<\/p>\n<p> In his Telegram channel, he said that in \u201crecent decades, political prisoners have been released mostly under pressure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> \u201cWhen [Deputy Assistant Secretary of State] David Kramer came to Minsk [in 2007] and threatened powerful US sanctions, political prisoners were released within months,\u201d the advisor to the opposition leader said.<\/p>\n<p> Speaking about the current situation with political prisoners, Via\u010dorka said that since August 2020, \u201call available mechanisms\u201d have been used and \u201cmany attempts have been made to get them released or have any kind of dialogue on the issue.\u201d In particular, \u201ccertain attempts\u201d were made by Special Envoy Kent Harstedt during the Swedish OSCE presidency, but nothing came of it. In addition, UN officials handed over humanitarian release lists.<\/p>\n<p> \u201cSeveral European ambassadors who continue to work in Minsk personally met with [the now deceased Foreign Minister U\u0142adzimir] Makiej on the subject. A PACE representative continues to communicate with the foreign ministry in order to get them released or at least start this process,\u201d Via\u010dorka said.<\/p>\n<p>He said the Swiss Center for Humanitarian Dialogue has been trying to hold \u201cconsultations on the release of political prisoners\u201d in Minsk for two years, to no avail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>December 23, BPN. The authorities in Minsk do not yet feel that the threat of sanctions is strong enough to make concessions, said Franak Via\u010dorka, a senior advisor to \u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja. In his Telegram channel, he said that in \u201crecent decades, political prisoners have been released mostly under pressure.\u201d \u201cWhen [Deputy Assistant Secretary of State] [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":0,"template":"","rubric":[16],"class_list":["post-45047","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>Cichano\u016dskaja adviser: authorities do not see sanctions as strong enough to make concessions | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"December 23, BPN. 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