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Dick Durbin: “The United States, too, should be doing what it can to ratchet up the pressure on the regime in Minsk, including…”

On the recordJanuary 26, 2011
The United States, too, should be doing what it can to ratchet up the pressure on the regime in Minsk, including imposing sanctions against state-owned enterprises.
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois

Editor's note · Context

Durbin calls for U.S. sanctions against Belarusian state enterprises to pressure the regime.

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