Opposition leader: Sanctions must hit Lukashenko’s regime

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00:00Of course, Belarus has been under heavy sanctions by the West for a number of years now.

00:05I'm just wondering how damaging they've been for Belarus and how much pressure, therefore,

00:11they've translated into for the leadership there in Belarus.

00:16So first of all, when we talk about sanctions, I see how our partners distinguish Belarusian

00:24regime and Belarusian people.

00:26Of course, we urge our democratic allies to put very targeted sanctions that would harm

00:35Lukashenka's oligarchs and Lukashenka's regime.

00:38So we don't want people to be harmed.

00:40We want people to give more opportunities to travel, to see how democracy looks like,

00:47not to ban Belarusian, but to ban Belarusian regime.