From AP & Reuters via Aljazeera:

US, EU to 'punish' Lukashenko

The US and European Union are to impose sanctions and travel restrictions on Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko and other officials after an election widely seen as rigged.

In Washington, Scott McClellan, the White House spokesman on Friday said the US planned to impose financial sanctions and travel restrictions against Belarus officials to show its opposition to the government's crackdown on protesters.

McClellan said: "We strongly condemn the actions by Belarussian security services."

Speaking on behalf of the EU in Brussels, Austrian Foreign Minister Ursula Plassnik on Friday said the 25 EU leaders had decided to take steps against individuals "politically and administratively" responsible for electoral violations - including President Lukashenko.

Plassnik said EU leaders would invoke "restrictive measures", which will reportedly take effect in April, to express their opposition to the violation of "international electoral standards."

The same article also notes that Russia has accused the OSCE observer mission of bias and "instigation."

"Long before the elections, the OSCE mission led by the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) had declared that (the elections) would be illegitimate and it was pretty biased in its commentaries on their progress and results - let's be frank - thus playing an instigating role," Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said, adding that there was no cause to doubt the official results of the election.