According to the NaKolei.pl portal, almost on March 22, 2022, near the Zazerka station near Minsk, an accident occurred at a railway crossing - train 730M crashed into a tractor pulling a trailer with manure.

As a result, traffic on both tracks was temporarily disrupted, the contact network was broken, and the windshield and glass in the doors of the train itself were broken.

No one was injured in the accident, although the train crashed into a semi-trailer at high speed (estimated speed up to 140 km/h).

As the portal NaKolei.pl found out, Pesa Bydgoszcz received a request from the Belarusian Railways, whether the train manufacturer can carry out the post-accident repair of the car.

Pesa Bydgoszcz representative

Matej Grzeszkawiak told the publication that

Pesa was unable to satisfy the request of the Belarusian carrier, taking into account the situation related to the war in Ukraine and the sanctions imposed by the European Union against Russia and Belarus.

The train is still not repaired.

Belarusians are disconnected from many components, they have problems with independent performance of work, writes the publication and recalls Stadler, who several months ago decided to transfer the production of trains for Azerbaijan from the plant near Minsk to the plant in Siedlce, Poland.

Sanctions against Belarus for supporting the Russian war in Ukraine

Alexander Lukashenko admitted that rockets were fired at Ukrainian territory from Belarus.

At the same time, Belarusian soldiers were not sent to Ukrainian territory.

In an interview with Svaboda, the US ambassador to Belarus, Julie Fisher, stated that "Lukashenka's regime is an accomplice of Russia's current invasion of Ukraine, as it allowed Russia to launch an attack from Belarusian territory."

On February 26, Canada and the Council of the European Union announced sanctions against Russia and Belarus.

20 Belarusian officials and military personnel were included in the list.

15 legal entities and 8 individuals were included in the US sanctions list.

On February 28, the ambassadors of the European Union introduced visa sanctions against 22 Belarusian high-ranking officials.

The Moladachan factory "MabelLine" went idle, because the Swedish company IKEA closed its business in the country.

IKEA closely cooperated with a number of other manufacturers and factories, including state ones.

Among them is the state-owned "Minsk Furniture Center" from Molodechno, the Mogilev textile manufacturer "Magateks", the Minsk watch factory "Luch" and others.

In March, the European Union banned the export of woodworking products produced in or exported from Belarus.

The Ministry of Forestry stated that it was forced to send products from Europe to Asia.

Due to the difficulties of doing business in the region, Booking.com and Airbnb are not operating in the country.

The Danish transport and logistics company Maersk announced the cessation of cargo transportation to Belarus on March 4.

When leaving the Belarusian market, other companies with a similar profile — DHL and FedEx — reported.

On March 5, the Finnish company OLVI announced the start of winding down its business in Belarus, where the company owns Lidzkaye Piva.

The plant's 840 employees will receive their salaries for the time being, the shutdown of business will be gradual.

On March 6, the Republic of Korea imposed sanctions.

They introduced export control measures for Belarus, believing that it "significantly contributes to Russia's invasion of Ukraine."

Japan introduced sanctions on March 8.

Assets of individuals and legal entities that have come under the new restrictions are frozen.

Deliveries of dual-purpose goods to Belarus and exports to the Ministry of Defense of Belarus and "Integral" are prohibited.

The World Bank stopped all programs in Belarus.

The bank noted that it has not approved new loans to Belarus since 2020.

Restrictions affected the sports industry.

Belarusian national teams of various ages have been suspended from participating in international tournaments in hockey, handball and basketball.

The Belarusian national team was not allowed to participate in the 2022 Paralympic Games.

The rating agency Fitch, taking into account the sanctions, lowered the long-term sovereign credit rating of Belarus to CCC, which means a real possibility of default.

The American financial company American Express has suspended the provision of services in the country.

No operations are now possible on her cards.

On March 9, the European Union approved the disconnection of three Belarusian banks from SWIFT.

These are Belagroprombank, Dobrabyt Bank and Development Bank.

On April 16, a complete ban on the crossing of the border with the European Union by cargo transport of Belarus and Russia was introduced.

In the decision of the European Union, which was published in the official journal, it is said that the European Union, in accordance with the imposed sanctions, prohibits the import and transit of goods by road transport from Belarus and Russia to the territory of the European Union.

On November 22, Canada expanded earlier sanctions.

The lists included an additional 22 Belarusian officials, as well as 16 Belarusian companies related to the military industry, engineering, the financial sector and railway transport.

Among the sanctioned persons were those responsible for the transportation of Russian soldiers and equipment used for the invasion of Ukraine.

Belarusian Alfa-Bank and MTBank were included in the list of companies that came under sanctions.