The removal of the sanctions on Belarus by the European Union continues to be one of the most debated topics in the Belarusian media. The most meaningful piece about sanctions, however, has arguably shown up not in Belarus but in the Russian daily Izvestia (Izvestia, February 16). The article was written by a Minsk-born-and-raised ethnic Belarusian Kirill Koktysh, an associate professor at the Moscow State Institute for International Relations, the alma mater of most Russian diplomats. Koktysh refers to the following four reasons behind the lifting of the sanctions:
First, the decision was motivated by the situation in and around …read more
Source: The Jamestown Foundation
