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EU sanctions on Belarus let most potash exports go on
By EUobserver
Recent EU sanctions on Belarusian exports of potash, a fertiliser component, will affect only about 15 percent of sales, the Belarusian opposition has noted, while urging the EU to close loopholes designed to help European farmers absorb the shock. "Only full comprehensive sanctions will cause [Belarus president Aleksander] Lukashenko to change behaviour. Semi-sanctions or half-measures only will harm," Franak Viačorka, an aide to opposition-leader Svetlana Tikhanovskaya told The Guardian newspaper.