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News of EU sanctions comes ahead of rolling mass protests every Sunday since 9 August (Photo: Homoatrox)

EU blacklists Lukashenko and his eldest son

The EU has imposed a visa-ban and asset-freeze on president Alexander Lukashenko due to the "gravity of the situation" in Belarus after rigged elections in August.

It accused him of ordering "violent repression" of "peaceful demonstrators" and journalists in its legal gazette on Friday (6 November).

It also blacklisted his oldest son and nation...

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