Western countries intend to provoke a new wave of protests in Belarus through sanctions against official Minsk. This was stated by the deputy head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia Alexander Pankin, RIA Novosti reports.
“We perfectly understand that the purpose of the sanctuction pressure rendered to Minsk is to deliberate the standard of living of ordinary citizens, provoke a new wave of anti-government speeches,” the diplomat revealed. He recalled that the West introduced restrictions against the sectors of the Belarusian industry, on which the welfare of hundreds of thousands of citizens depends.
In early December, new sanctions against Belarus introduced the European Union, USA, United Kingdom and Canada. Under the restrictions on the part of the European Union, 183 Belarusian physicals and 26 organizations fell. Washington and London banned their citizens and institutions to cooperate with Belaruscalia. Canada’s sanctions touched on 24 physical and seven legal entities from Belarus.