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Who is the real organisator? Who controls the flow of illegal immigrants? In whose hands have real people become a weapon and in whose – goods? How much have smugglers made this year? And how much have Belarus authorities earned?

On the back of the grave air incident involving the EU-based Ryanair aircraft, the European Union is preparing sanctions on Belarus’ national airline and around a dozen top Belarusian aviation officials, Reuters reports with reference to three diplomats.

Journalists remain a target of the Belarusian regime’s brutal attacks, opposition leader Svyatlana Tsikhanouskaya said during Monday’s videoconference organised by the Permanent Representation of Poland to the European Union in Brussels.

February 7 is the International Day of Solidarity with Belarus.

The source said that in the coming days this decision will be approved by the EU Council and it will enter into force after publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

The European Parliament rejects the official result of the 2020 presidential election in Belarus, EP President David Sassoli said on the back of Monday’s meeting with Lukashenka’s ellection opponent Svyatlana Tsikhanouskaya in Brussels.

The number of Belarusian citizens who feel that a union with Russia would be most advantageous has decreased by one-third over the past year. According to pollster Prof. Andrei Vardomatski, pro-Russian attitudes have never slumped to this extent in 20 years of research.