Байден на год продлил санкции против Белоруссии

Biden extended sanctions against Belarus for a year

US President Joe Biden extended for a year sanctions against Belarus, introduced in 2006, according to the White House website.

The next one-year period of sanctions expired on June 16. According to the statement, "the actions and policies of certain representatives of the Belarusian government and others continue to pose an unusual and extraordinary threat to US national security and foreign policy."

In 2006, sanctions were imposed by George W. Bush after the presidential election in Belarus, which was won by ALEXANDER LUKASHENKO . In the EU and the US, the elections were called inconsistent with democratic norms. At that time, US citizens and companies were prohibited from providing funding, goods or services to persons on the black list, and vice versa. The list included, in particular, Lukashenka himself, and among the companies that were affected by the restrictions were Belneftekhim and its American representative office, Belshina, Grodno Azot, Grodno Khimvolokno, Lakokraska, Naftan, " Polotsk-Steklovolokno” and Belarusian Oil Trading House.

In MINSK, the sanctions against Belavia were called an attempt at a raider takeover Politics

In 2015, relations between the United States and Belarus began to improve against the backdrop of Minsk's assistance in resolving the situation in southeastern Ukraine. Then Washington allowed American companies to conduct transactions with the listed enterprises and extended this relaxed mode of interaction several times.