While EU sanctions against Belarusian officials are welcome,
Russia’s role should not be ignored by Brussels, argues Ilya Zaslavskiy. But targeting Kremlin cronies, rather than the Russian people, would be much fairer and far cheaper than putting an extra NATO brigade in Eastern Europe.
While President Aleksandar Lukashenko’s primary role in the extraordinary act of “air piracy” which took place over the skies of Belarus this week is clear, President Vladimir Putin should not escape scrutiny from the West.
The UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab told the British Parliament not long after the hijacking that it was “very difficult to believe that this kind of action could have been taken without at least the acquiescence of the authorities in Moscow”.
Russia Should Not Escape Complicity in Ryanair Hijacking
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While EU sanctions against Belarusian officials are welcome, Russia s role should not be ignored by Brussels, argues Ilya Zaslavskiy. But targeting Kremlin cronies, rather than the Russian people, would be much fairer and far cheaper than putting an extra NATO brigade in Eastern Europe.
While President Aleksandar Lukashenko s primary role in the extraordinary act of air piracy which took place over the skies of Belarus this week is clear, President Vladimir Putin should not escape scrutiny from the West.
The UK Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab told the British Parliament not long after the hijacking that it was very difficult to believe that this kind of action could have been taken without at least the acquiescence of the authorities in Moscow .
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