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Europe needs to be tougher on Belarus | Svetlana Tikhanovskaya

Europe Correspondent Ido Vock speaks to Belarus opposition leader and democracy activist Svetlana Tikhanovskaya in an exclusive interview for World Review. They discuss the migrant crisis on EU’s border, why the EU needs to impose tougher sanctions on Lukashenko and how she manages to keep in touch with Belarusians from exile in Lithuania. If you have a You Ask Us question for the international team, email <a href="mailto:podcasts@newstatesman.co.uk" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">podcasts@newstatesman.co.uk</a> Further reading: Dispatch: <a href="https://www.newstatesman.com/world/europe/2021/10/migrants-freeze-as-belarus-pursues-its-cold-war-with-the-eu" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Migrants freeze</a> as Belarus pursues its cold war with the EU <a href="newstatesman.com/world/2021/05/autocrats-around-world-are-watching-see-how-west-responds-belarus-s-air-piracy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Autocrats</a> around the world are watching to see how the West responds to Belarus’s air piracy Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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