Exiled Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya has called on the US to slap more sanctions on President Alexander Lukashenko AFP/JOE KLAMARWASHINGTON: Belarus' exiled opposition leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya called on the US Thursday to impose more sanctions so as to isolate President Alexander Lukashenko, whose election win Washington considers fraudulent.
The Belarusian strongman claimed victory for a sixth term in August elections that were widely criticized internationally and by the opposition as fraudulent. The US slapped sanctions on nine state-owned companies in Belarus in April in response to the government's repression of pro-democracy protests.Tikhanovskaya hailed those sanctions by the US Treasury Department as"among the most effective measures" but called on the US to punish other entities in her country.
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