EU Sanctions Belarus Officials, But Lacks Leverage Against 'Europe's Last Dictator'

Forefront in European minds is the risk of repeating events in 2014, when Russia annexed Crimea and invaded eastern Ukraine following the overthrow of President Viktor Yanukovych. “There is a dilemma about how much to push the process through without risking a Ukraine-style new confrontation with Russia,” says analyst Jonathan Eyal of Britain’s Royal United Services Institute.