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Stopping and incidentally it's not -- the way in which these dictators often come to power is through the use of money laundering and through the use of western banks and tax havens. so it's not an irrelevant problem. finding ways to stop that process, finding ways to cut them off from their source of power i think over time that would make a much bigger difference than these reactive sanctions. we need a much longer term strategy towards autocracies particularly given that the autocracies clearly are now working together. putin and lukashenko work together. the chinese and the iranians work t...

People in line with international rules. he also took issue with the european union's ban on belarus for using its air space and airports as well as potential economic sanctions. he says the eu is part of a hybrid war against his country. our ill. wishers outside and inside the country have changed their methods of attacking the state. lukashenko said. that's why they switched from organizing riots to trying to strangle us. lukashenko denied that a fighter jet was forced -- forced the ryan airplane to land as an absolute lie and defended his action to divert the flight as a necessary response ...

Message sent about american values, about democratic values and we've seen so far that joe biden doesn't mince words as it pertains to vladimir putin. he's used some really clear language that has surprised some so far. so i just wonder, anne, first of all politically i feel like if he doesn't have a meeting he'll be criticized for not having a meeting. if he goes in there and is able to communicate effectively the difference between right and wrong and what he expects, could that have a positive outcome rather than sitting back and just sort of letting all this play out across russia and its ...

Russia. there's a consortium of people and they all have interests and they all have money invested around the world. these are proper oligarchies. these are countries that are run by a consortia of very wealthy people. and so, identifying all of them, targeting all of them, making sure that none of them are able to get their money, none of them are able to behave as they have done in the past, this is the way to ensure that they feel an actual impact from the sanctions and that they begin even at the highest levels in their country to question whether this is really the way to go. we know alr...

Journalist. minsk, authorities detained a 26-year-old journalist living in exile who has emerged as one of the most prominent critics of president alexander lukashenko, referred to as europe's last dictator, authoritarian leader of belarus since 1994 and remains in power despite a disputed election last year, no surprise, a key ally of vladimir putin. president biden condemned the actions as broad affront to international norms. part of a broader pattern. authoritarian states in pursuit of enemies no longer feel they need to respect passports, borders, diplomatic restrictions or now air traffi...