On Monday, November 21, the Politico newspaper, citing a document from the European Commission (EU government) that came into its possession, reported that the EC is studying in detail the legal possibilities for confiscation of public and private assets of Russia that ended up in the West. According to the document, the EC’s goal is […] The post Take away, but not share? appeared first on The Eastern Herald ..read more

On Thursday, the European Union imposed sanctions against 7 Russian figures, due to the poisoning of Russian opposition Alexei Navalny, and the Russian role in Libya. The sanctions related to the Libya file included businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin, who has been dubbed “Putin’s cook” because the restaurant company he runs has worked for the Kremlin. The […] The post European Union Sanctions against elites close to Putin in Russia appeared first on The Eastern Herald ..read more

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas during a joint press conference with Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau in Berlin said that the participants in the sanctions list in the Navalny case included the persons “responsible for this crime.” “Our measures are aimed at individuals and institutions who can be considered as responsible for this crime,” the […] The post Poisoning of Navalny – Maas called sanctions against Russians a signal to Moscow appeared first on The Eastern Herald ..read more

Poisoning of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny by Novichok differed from the attack on the family of the defector spy Sergei Skripal. In Russian Tomsk, unlike British Salisbury, the powder was used, not aerosol, said The New York Times source in the German Security Service. “Experts who have studied the evidence of poisoning believe that […] The post Navalny could be poisoned with Novichok twice – NYT appeared first on The Eastern Herald ..read more

The Foreign Affairs Council of the European Union adopted conclusions on the events in Belarus, which confirm the EU’s readiness to introduce sanctions against officials of the country, including Alexander Lukashenko. The communiqué of the EU Council states that the conclusions “indicate the EU’s readiness to take further restrictive measures against organizations and high-ranking officials, […] The post EU confirms readiness to impose sanctions against Lukashenko appeared first on The Eastern Herald ..read more

President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko met today with members of the coordination council who are in the KGB pre-trial detention center. As reported by a representative of The Eastern Herald in Minsk, Lukashenka talked for four and a half hours with the aforementioned representatives who are in the remand prison. “The President’s goal is to […] The post Lukashenko visits political prisoners in Minsk jail appeared first on The Eastern Herald ..read more

The regime still demands from Warsaw and Vilnius to reduce the number of diplomats. The ambassadors of Belarus to Poland and Lithuania have been recalling to Minsk for consultation on October 5, the speaker of the country’s Foreign Ministry said. Before that, the unrecognized president of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, called Russian President Vladimir Putin. After […] The post After Lukashenko’s conversation with Putin, Belarus recalls its ambassadors to Poland and Lithuania and asks their ambassadors to follow suit appeared first on The Eastern Herald ..read more

The Russian Federation declined to comment and called the issue of the date of the inauguration an internal matter of Belarus. Neither Slovakia, nor Lithuania, nor Poland recognized Alexander Lukashenko as the legitimate president of Belarus even after his inauguration. The action itself was called a farce in the countries. Slovak Foreign Minister Ivan Korchok […] The post Farce and illegitimacy: how countries react to Lukashenko’s secret inauguration and what the Kremlin said appeared first on The Eastern Herald ..read more

Earlier, Brussels said that it considers the August elections in Belarus rigged and does not recognize Lukashenko as the legitimate head of state The foreign ministers of the EU member states failed to agree on a package of sanctions against Belarus. The head of European diplomacy Josep Borrell announced this to journalists on Monday, September […] The post EU ministers failed to agree on a package of sanctions against Belarus appeared first on The Eastern Herald ..read more

On Monday, November 21, the Politico newspaper, citing a document from the European Commission (EU government) that came into its possession, reported that the EC is studying in detail the legal possibilities for confiscation of public and private assets of Russia that ended up in the West. According to the document, the EC’s goal is “to identify ways to trace, identify, freeze and manage assets as preliminary measures for their possible confiscation.” That is, talk about the withdrawal of money from Russia and its citizens in Western banks has moved into a practical plane. The West began to w ..read more