reasons? Belarus last dictatorship in europe, but is not essential, the standard of living in Belarus is significantly higher than in democratic Ukraine, democratic Russia and democratic Eastern Europe.
In recent years, many Ukrainian IT companies migrated to Belarus/Minsk
sanctions? It embargo on arms and related material.
Epic Games the world’s first IT company, blocks access to Belarus, given that in Belarus lots of developers games, Epic Games to lose profit and Belarus will be used an alternative CryEngine 4, Unity3d, Source 2.
Yes popular Belarus web portals have written about it.
http://42.tut.by/438439
In the news says that:
Many Belarus developers have said that EpicGames just cheated and threw them