of sanctions almost ready against the authorities here, and possible economic measures to come soon after that. there is one sanction that s already kicked in here, though, with the national airline belavia here now banned from flying to europe, so there s a real sort of increasing sense of isolation in this country from that move. i spoke to people today trying to return their tickets, talking about the fact they felt trapped in the country now, but interestingly they also told me that they welcomed the move, they welcomed the sanctions. they hope that that could increase the pressure on the authorities that they tried to do with their street protests last year. of course, they were forced off the streets by the massive security forces lashback crackdown that followed. one other consequence of the sanctions could be pushing belarus closer to russia. vladimir putin a critical backer of alexander lukashenko, keeping him in power until now. and vladimir putin and alexander lukashenko ar
against the authorities here, and possible economic measures to come soon after that. there is one sanction that s already kicked in here, though, with the national airline belavia here now banned from flying to europe, so there s a real sort of increasing sense of isolation in this country from that move. i spoke to people today trying to return their tickets, talking about the fact they felt trapped in the country now, but interestingly they also told me that they welcomed the move, they welcomed the sanctions. they hope that that could increase the pressure on the authorities that they tried to do with their street protests last year. of course, they were forced off the streets by the massive security forces lashback crackdown that followed. one other consequence of the sanctions could be pushing belarus closer to russia. vladimir putin a critical backer of alexander lukashenko, keeping him in power until now. and vladimir putin and alexander lukashenko are set to meet tomorrow in