The EU imposes new sanctions on Belarus, targeting sanction circumvention. Amid rising border tensions between Ukraine and Belarus, Belarusian official bolsters nuclear threats. Ukraine returns five of its citizens held in Belarusian prisons in a latest prisoner swap with Russia. Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko suggests possible release of seriously ill political prisoners. Subscribe to the Newsletter Belarus Weekly Belarus sentences in absentia 20 exiled political analysts and journalists to 10-11 years in prison, continuing the crackdown on dissent. Lukashenko reshuffles his governm…