Belarus opposition leader calls for more U.S. sanctions

FILE PHOTO: Belarusian opposition figure Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya talks to the press after her meeting with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Foreign Affairs Minister Sigrid Kaag in The Hague, Netherlands May 28, 2021. REUTERS/Piroschka van de Wouw

VILNIUS (Reuters) -Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya said on Tuesday she had asked the United States for further sanctions on individuals and companies supporting the Belarus government.

The Biden administration said on Friday it was drawing up a list of targeted sanctions against key members of the Belarusian government following the former Soviet republic's forced landing of a passenger jet and arrest of a journalist Roman Protasevich and his girlfriend Sofia Sapega on board.