The Belarusian regime is preparing for a new round of escalation in relations with the West, threatening a wide arsenal of tools for pressure, ranging from new flows of Afghan refugees, cutting off gas transit and even the deployment of Russian nuclear weapons in response to new Western sanctions. The West ignores blackmail and is preparing to introduce a new package of
The Biden administration and leading European allies on Tuesday forcefully condemned an 18-year jail sentence handed down to the husband of 2020 opposition presidential candidate Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya, with the U.S. ambassador to Minsk calling it another "unjust" and "vengeful" act by the regime of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.