President Alexander Lukashenko's administration is facing fresh sanctions from the US and others.
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President Alexander Lukashenko's administration is facing fresh sanctions from the US and others.
Mandatory Credit: Handout/Getty Images

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US, EU, UK and Canada impose fresh sanctions on Belarus

The United States, European Union, United Kingdom and Canada imposed fresh sanctions on Belarus Monday in a coordinated response to the Lukashenko government's forced landing of a Ryanair flight and arrest of an opposition journalist last month as well as the "continuing repression" in the former Soviet state.