Siarhej Kaliakin: These are not sanctions

The leader of the Belarusian Left Party "Fair World" Siarhej Kaliakin thinks that the decision taken at the session of the EU Foreign Ministers on January 31 cannot be even called sanctions.  Siarhej Kaliakin: “As far as I know, there are no sanctions, just travel restrictions. These are not sanctions! Well, I think that the people who are in the list are not very pleased”.

Can the decision taken by the European Union influence the policy implemented by the Belarusian authorities?

“I think that the people who took this decision hope it will influence something somehow”, — said Siarhej Kaliakin and added it was very difficult for him to make any prognosis.