The EU will have to hit harder at Belarus' top company, Belaruskali, to influence the regime, its own workers have said.
"Current sanctions hardly harm the ability of Belaruskali to work in the EU," the Strike Committee of the Belarusian firm, which makes potash, a fertiliser component, told EUobserver in a statement on Saturday (3 July).
"The regime can still trade in fertilisers and transport smuggled cigarettes in [train] wagons with them," it added.
"For sufficient pres...
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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.