Belarus president Alexander Lukashenko is going back out into the cold after the EU decided to blacklist him on Monday (12 October).
The decision came as diplomats gave up hope he might stop attacking peaceful pro-democracy protesters after two months of violence.
There was "complete lack of will from Lukashenko to engage in any kind of communication" for a gentle outcome to the crisis, EU foreign relations chief Josep Borrell said in Luxembourg after meeting with EU foreign mini...
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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.