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EU weighs Belarus sanctions at sectors close to leader

by Raf CasertBarry Hatton
| May 28, 2021 12:06 AM

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — European Union nations sketched out plans Thursday for new sanctions against Belarus, targeting economic sectors close to its authoritarian leader, as they sought to strike back at him for the diversion of a passenger jet to arrest a dissident journalist.

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