Olga Dryndova, political scientist from Belarus. Her opinion: "Belarusians should not be punished with sanctions and locked inside Belarus without air connection to Europe."

 

 

 

Daria Sukharchuk, Editor with Russian East-West-TV in Berlin. She thinks: "Putin is still pulling the strings of Lukashenko. If we want any kind of democratic change in that country, we have to talk to Putin."

 

 

Alexandra von Nahmen, DW's Brussels Bureau chief. She says: "Sanctions against Belarus will be useless if the EU doesn't formulate a strategy that takes the role of Russia into account as well."