Belarus today announced a black list of “unfriendly countries”, which in addition to EU member states includes 12 other countries – the United States, Britain, Australia, Canada, Norway, New Zealand, Albania, Iceland, Northern Macedonia, Liechtenstein, Montenegro and Switzerland, Interfax reports.
Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has signed a decree aimed at “protecting national economic entities from borrowing from their accounts at the request of residents of foreign countries who carry out hostile acts against Belarusian legal entities or individuals.”
Belarus is not taking part in Russia’s war in Ukraine, but because Lukashenko is considered close to Russian President Vladimir Putin and is subject to a series of Western sanctions.
