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Belarus: An EU Overture and Moscow's Wrath

Oct 13, 2008 | 20:04 GMT

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Summary

The European Union's foreign ministers met Oct. 13 to agree to suspend sanctions against Belarus' leadership. After years of poor relations between Belarus and the West, Brussels is seeking to exploit tension between Russia and Belarus. But for Minsk, risking the ire of Russia might bring on more than it bargained for.

Belarus might have miscalculated in its high-stakes game with Russia....

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