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    "Politics",
    "Social",
    "Belarus",
    "Featured",
    "Filips Rajevskis",
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  "textContent": "The United States has lifted sanctions on Belarus’s potash sector, while the European Union has not. Meanwhile, fertiliser shipments are being redirected to Russian ports, allowing the aggressor state to generate substantial windfall profits that are then used to finance the war. Filips Rajevskis, co-owner of Mediju tilts and political scientist, argues that the world […]\n\nThe post Political scientist: If the US lifts sanctions on fertiliser shipments, there are serious reasons behind it appeared first on Baltic News Network.",
  "title": "Political scientist: If the US lifts sanctions on fertiliser shipments, there are serious reasons behind it"
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