TOL's Belarus Blog has a short version [1] of Aleksandr Lukashenko's inauguration; Tobias Ljungvall provides a detailed account [2]. Tobias also has a suggestion for the EU's neighbors: “I also hope the EU will ask other countries, notably Ukraine and some other Black Sea states as well as Turkey where the regime functionaries are likely to be going for holidays, to adopt the travel ban as well. And it would be a nice symbolic move to include at least a few Russians on the list as well. […]”
Belarus: Lukashenko's Inauguration
· Written by Veronica Khokhlova
Categories: Eastern & Central Europe, Belarus, Elections, International Relations, Politics