MOSCOW (Reuters) ? New U.S. sanctions against state-owned enterprises in Belarus are ?an act of aggression? and a blow to companies with ties to Russia, the former Soviet republic?s prime minister said on Monday.
The United States imposed sanctions last Thursday against four firms owned or controlled by a company linked to President Alexander Lukashenko in response to his government?s crackdown on the political opposition.
?I believe that this is an act of aggression against the Belarussian people, a blow to the Belarussian economy, especially sectors which are linked to the Russian Federation through cooperation,? Belarussian Prime Minister Mikhail Myasnikovich said at a meeting with Putin and other officials.
The new measures against Belarus, which lies between Russia and European Union states including Poland, were in addition to travel restrictions and other sanctions imposed this year against Lukashenko and other officials after a disputed December 2010 election in which he won a new term.
They were ?a response to the continued incarceration of political prisoners, the crackdown on political activists, journalists and civil society representatives,? State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said on Thursday.
Lukashenko tolerates little dissent and has maintained power since 1994 through votes Washington considers illegitimate.
The sanctions apply to the Belshina tire factory,
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Source: http://www.rocketnews.com/2011/08/belarus-criticizes-new-u-s-economic-sanctions-reuters/
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