DISINFO: The EU wants to take the Belarusians by hunger through the economic war
SUMMARY
The last package of sanctions [against Belarus] has the character of an economic war. They cover the production of strategically important Belarusian enterprises. The sanctions have a clear goal: to inspire an economic crisis and to take the Belarusians by hunger. However, each stick has two ends – the EU citizens, including Poland, will also pay for this politically motivated “fun”.
The Belarusians will have to cope with the sanctions - the solution for them will be to deepen the Eurasian integration and intensify contacts with China. Probably, this outcome is not the result expected by the authors of the sanctions.
RESPONSE
Recurring disinformation about Belarus claiming that the West is plotting against this country and its citizens.
Western countries are not interfering, but reacting to events in Belarus, including oppression against civil society and, for example, the forced landing of Ryanair flight FR4978 in Minsk, on 23 May 2021.
The EU did not recognise the falsified results of the Belarusian Presidential election on 9 August 2020, nor the new mandate claimed by Alyaksandr Lukashenka. The EU member states perceive the situation in Belarus in a unanimous way, appealing to the Belarusian authorities to stop violence, release political prisoners and organise democratic elections in Belarus.
This decision of the fourth package of EU sanctions was made in view of the escalation of serious human rights violations in Belarus and the violent repression of civil society, democratic opposition and journalists. Moreover, seven individuals and one entity subject to this new round of restrictive measures were designated in connection to the forced and unlawful landing of flight FR4978. The goal of these sanctions is to put pressure on the Belarusian political leadership to initiate a genuine and inclusive national dialogue with broader society and to avoid further repression.
See similar disinformation cases alleging that The EU sanctions were imposed to impoverish common people and Sanctions against Belarus is EU interference in the internal affairs of a sovereign state.