The United States on Monday announced sanctions against Belarusian individuals and entities over allegations of attacks on democracy and acts of repression, with the country's Olympic committee included as a target of the measures after an athlete was pulled from the Tokyo Games against her will by the national team.The move was taken on the one-year anniversary of Belarus' most recent presidential election, in which Washington says incumbent Alexander Lukashenko fraudulently declared victory and has since embarked on a campaign of "violence and repression."Criticizing the actions of the Lu…READ FULL ARTICLE
