You Are Known By Sight And Name Already

This is already a defeat.

Europe has imposed the third package of sanctions, the Nick and Mike telegram channel writes.

The new list includes 29 personalities and seven companies. Natallia Kachanava won't be able to show off her fresh Order of Merit for the Fatherland of Lukasescu somewhere in Nice or Paris... Ivan Eismant will not be able to cover elections in Germany and stigmatize the rallies of the yellow vests in the suburbs of Paris. In general, everything is clear with the personalities.

The important thing is that companies have appeared. And the most interesting thing is not even those who are there, but those who managed to get themselves excluded at the last moment. The three most interesting names on this list are Mashenski, Gutseriev and Aleksin. Lobbying, finances, and willingness to provide such services did the trick.

However, Nick and I think that their potential partners should know: the guys are on the flag anyway. You can take as much pride as you want in jumping out from under sanctions: that Mashenski's fish is more important to Iceland than life in Belarus, that Aleksin's cigarettes are just a too big asset for Russian partners from Latvia, that the Gutserievs simply have plenty of contacts in Great Britain.

But this does not change the essence of the matter. First of all, you are known by sight and name already. Secondly, instead of getting rich at the expense of the miserable Belarusian people, you are galloping around the world in order to save the loot and prove your purity to everybody. You are spending money and time on fighting back. And this is already a defeat.