Belarus to Learn Maidan Lessons

... policy activity in Europe is linked with the country’s economic interests in the West, which have thus far remained unfulfilled as a result of Belarus’ political leanings, and which Minsk has been trying to promote since the beginning of the Ukrainian crisis. In 2014, after the failure of the Eastern Partnership Summit in Vilnius, Belarus reached an agreement with Brussels on the implementation of a “Transitional Phase”, thus ushering in a new format of relations with the European Union. According to official statements , this format primarily involves cooperation ...