US Imposes Visa Restrictions on 43 Belarusians Accountable for ‘Undermining Belarusian Democracy’

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Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has repeatedly mentioned that the opposition protests are being coordinated from overseas and has demanded that different nations chorus from interfering in Belarus’s home affairs.

The US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has introduced on Thursday that the US has imposed visa restrictions on 43 Belarus officers that the US holds chargeable for “undermining Belarusian democracy.”

Blinken additionally acknowledged that the US is “alarmed by the violent crackdown on peaceable protesters, activists and journalists” within the Jap European nation.

Belarus entered a chronic political disaster after Lukashenko secured his sixth time period in the course of the August 9 presidential election. The opposition didn’t acknowledge the outcomes, claiming that Svetlana Tikhanovskaya was the actual winner.

Western nations have refused to acknowledge Lukashenko’s victory and slapped sanctions on dozens of Belarusian officers over alleged election fraud and the crackdown on the opposition.

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