WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 (Xinhua) -- The United States on Monday slapped new sanctions on Belarus in response to its "brutal crackdown" in the wake of the presidential election in December, the U.S. State Department said.
Department spokesman Philip Crowley said that the measures came as a result of "the disproportionate use" of force and initial detentions of hundreds of demonstrators by Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and his government; charging of five opposition presidential
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