EU imposes sanctions on Belarusian president over security crackdown

Sanctions have been imposed on the Belarus president (Nikolai Petrov/PA)

The European Union has imposed sanctions on the president of Belarus and 14 other officials over their roles in the security crackdown launched after protests against the country’s contested presidential election.

An EU spokesman said that Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko was put on the sanctions list along with his son and national security adviser Viktor Lukashenko.