The European Union threatens Minsk with sanctions for the arrest of a “Russian agent” in Belarus
The leadership of the European Union and members of the European Parliament demanded that the Belarusian authorities release blogger Sergei Tikhanovsky and nationalist politician Nikolai Statkevich, who were detained the day before, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. At first glance, there is nothing surprising: the West has always supported oppositionists in the post-Soviet space. But the paradox is that Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said the day before that Tikhanovsky, who is calling on the people to peacefully protest, receives funding from...