> But even though the detainees recognised they were pawns in a geopolitical tussle between Belarus and the EU, they mostly thanked Mr Lukashenko for giving them this chance.
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> “When I get out, I’m going to get his name tattooed on my arm,” Azzal, another Iraqi, told me.
When I went to Belarus I was amazed by the number of Iraqi Airways planes at the airport. I imagine these “tourists” didn’t have return tickets now.
They just learned from Turkey. The EU pays them billions to keep refugees from reaching Europe, and Belarus just wants some of that deal.
This is highly effective revenge by Lukashenko. I’m not sure how the EU can even tackle that unless they lift the sanctions or pay bribe money similar to Turkey.
Belarus should be banned from the Eurovision song contest and Taiwan should take it’s place. I’ve had enough of this Lukawanka gangsta!
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> But even though the detainees recognised they were pawns in a geopolitical tussle between Belarus and the EU, they mostly thanked Mr Lukashenko for giving them this chance.
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> “When I get out, I’m going to get his name tattooed on my arm,” Azzal, another Iraqi, told me.
When I went to Belarus I was amazed by the number of Iraqi Airways planes at the airport. I imagine these “tourists” didn’t have return tickets now.
They just learned from Turkey. The EU pays them billions to keep refugees from reaching Europe, and Belarus just wants some of that deal.
This is highly effective revenge by Lukashenko. I’m not sure how the EU can even tackle that unless they lift the sanctions or pay bribe money similar to Turkey.
Belarus should be banned from the Eurovision song contest and Taiwan should take it’s place. I’ve had enough of this Lukawanka gangsta!
New round of sanctions when?