Originally Posted by
GeeRam
But it includes this bit, which is a little more ambiguous....and might not be Belarus turning its coat.......?
I read the actual resolution from Belarus gov't website (
https://pravo.by/document/?guid=1255...0636&p1=1&p5=0), and paragraph 3 concerning the limitations give a bit different view than the Russian TASS:
The ban does not concern:
- from outside EAEU ending outside/inside EAEU (in essence for Belarus that means that goods coming from eg EU via Poland, Lithuania, Latvia or Ukraine on their way to Russia would be allowed through, highly unlikely we'll be seeing any such transport).
- international humanitarian assistance based on government decisions (this is the wild card, if Lukashenka decides that a refridgerator or an electric toothbrush is humanitarian assistance then so be it).
- Goods placed under customs procedures in a member state of the EAEU other than from the Republic of Belarus, transported in transit through the territory of the Republic Belarus. (This allows Russian transports from/to Kaliningrad, however it would require the neighboring EU countries to allow that traffic as well)
Also, in paragraph 4 of the resolution, Belarus is proposing to the other EAEU countries to introduce similar measures (making most of the afocermentioned exceptions rather unnecessary).
So in essence this bans medical supplies to Russian armed forces as well as fuel and semiconductors etc. And Belarus is asking for Kazakhstan, Armenia and Kyrgystan to do the same.