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Belarusian regime on brink of collapse?

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Agnieszka Skieterska 21.06.2011 14:30
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The European Union imposes economic sanctions on Belarusian companies amid the country’s spiraling financial woes.

Alicja Baczyńska reports

The European Union has imposed economic sanctions on Belarusian companies linked with the country’s authoritarian regime, as Belarus is struggling against economic throes. Could the authoritarian regime be on its last legs?

The 27 EU foreign ministers, who convened in Luxembourg yesterday, have decided to freeze the assets of three companies, two of them operating in the telecommunications and gambling sectors, and arms maker Beltechexport, a company which reportedly has trade connections with Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi and the authorities in North Korea.

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