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Council Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 of 18 May 2006 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Belarus and the involvement of Belarus in the Russian aggression against Ukraine
Consolidated text: Council Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 of 18 May 2006 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Belarus and the involvement of Belarus in the Russian aggression against Ukraine
Council Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 of 18 May 2006 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Belarus and the involvement of Belarus in the Russian aggression against Ukraine
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COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 765/2006 of 18 May 2006 (OJ L 134 20.5.2006, p. 1) |
Amended by:
Corrected by:
COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 765/2006
of 18 May 2006
concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Belarus and the involvement of Belarus in the Russian aggression against Ukraine
Article 1
For the purpose of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:
‘funds’ means financial assets and benefits of every kind, including but not limited to:
cash, cheques, claims on money, drafts, money orders and other payment instruments;
deposits with financial institutions or other entities, balances on accounts, debts and debt obligations;
publicly- and privately-traded securities and debt instruments, including stocks and shares, certificates representing securities, bonds, notes, warrants, debentures and derivatives contracts;
interest, dividends or other income on or value accruing from or generated by assets;
credit, right of set-off, guarantees, performance bonds or other financial commitments;
letters of credit, bills of lading, bills of sale;
documents evidencing an interest in funds or financial resources.
‘freezing of funds’ means preventing any move, transfer, alteration, use of, access to, or dealing with funds in any way that would result in any change in their volume, amount, location, ownership, possession, character, destination or other change that would enable the use of the funds, including portfolio management.
‘economic resources’ means assets of every kind, whether tangible or intangible, movable or immovable, which are not funds but can be used to obtain funds, goods or services.
‘freezing of economic resources’ means preventing the use of economic resources to obtain funds, goods or services in any way, including, but not limited to, by selling, hiring or mortgaging them.
‘territory of the Community’ means the territories of the Member States, including their airspace, to which the Treaty is applicable, under the conditions laid down in the Treaty.
‘technical assistance’ means any technical support related to repairs, development, manufacture, assembly, testing, maintenance, or any other technical service, and may take forms such as instruction, advice, training, transmission of working knowledge or skills or consulting services; including verbal forms of assistance.
‘belarusian air carrier’ means an air transport undertaking holding a valid operating licence or equivalent issued by the competent authorities of Belarus;
‘dual-use goods and technology’ means the items listed in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2021/821 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 1 );
‘investment services’ means the following services and activities:
reception and transmission of orders in relation to one or more financial instruments;
execution of orders on behalf of clients;
dealing on own account;
portfolio management;
investment advice;
underwriting of financial instruments and/or placing of financial instruments on a firm commitment basis;
placing of financial instruments without a firm commitment basis;
any service in relation to the admission to trading on a regulated market or trading on a multilateral trading facility.
‘transferable securities’ means the following classes of securities, including in the form of crypto-assets, which are negotiable on the capital market, with the exception of instruments of payment:
shares in companies and other securities equivalent to shares in companies, partnerships or other entities, and depositary receipts in respect of shares;
bonds or other forms of securitised debt, including depositary receipts in respect of such securities;
any other securities giving the right to acquire or sell any such transferable securities or giving rise to a cash settlement determined by reference to transferable securities.
‘money-market instruments’ means those classes of instruments which are normally dealt in on the money market, such as treasury bills, certificates of deposit and commercial papers and excluding instruments of payment;
‘credit institution’ means an undertaking the business of which is to take deposits or other repayable funds from the public and to grant credit for its own account;
‘brokering services’ means:
the negotiation or arrangement of transactions for the purchase, sale or supply of goods and technology or of financial and technical services, including from a third country to any other third country; or
the selling or buying of goods and technology or of financial and technical services, including where they are located in third countries for their transfer to another third country;
‘public corporation’ means an undertaking, other than a credit institution, established in Belarus with over 50 % public ownership, or under public control, as of 1 June 2021;
‘claim’ means any claim, whether asserted by legal proceedings or not, made before, on or after the date of entry into force of this Regulation, under or in connection with a contract or transaction, and includes in particular:
a claim for performance of any obligation arising under or in connection with a contract or transaction;
a claim for extension or payment of a bond, financial guarantee or indemnity of whatever form;
a claim for compensation in respect of a contract or transaction;
a counterclaim;
a claim for the recognition or enforcement, including by the procedure of exequatur, of a judgment, an arbitration award or an equivalent decision, wherever made or given;
‘contract or transaction’ means any transaction of whatever form and whatever the applicable law, whether comprising one or more contracts or similar obligations made between the same or different parties; for this purpose, ‘contract’ includes a bond, guarantee or indemnity, in particular a financial guarantee or financial indemnity, and credit, whether legally independent or not, as well as any related provision arising under, or in connection with, the transaction;
‘financing or financial assistance’ means any action, irrespective of the particular means chosen, whereby the person, entity or body concerned, conditionally or unconditionally, disburses or commits to disburse its own funds or economic resources, including but not limited to grants, loans, guarantees, suretyships, bonds, letters of credit, supplier credits, buyer credits, import or export advances and all types of insurance and reinsurance, including export credit insurance; payment, as well as terms and conditions of payment, of the agreed price for a good or a service, made in line with normal business practice, does not constitute financing or financial assistance;
‘partner country’ means a country applying a set of export control measures substantially equivalent to those set out in this Regulation, as listed in Annex Vb;
‘consumer communication devices’ means devices used by private individuals such as personal computers and peripherals (including hard drives and printers), mobile telephones, smart televisions, memory devices (USB drives), and consumer software for those devices;
‘central securities depository’ means a legal person as defined in point 1 of Article 2(1) of Regulation (EU) No 909/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 2 );
‘deposit’ means a credit balance which results from funds left in an account or from temporary situations deriving from normal banking transactions and which a credit institution is required to repay under the legal and contractual conditions applicable, including a fixed-term deposit and a savings deposit, but excluding a credit balance where:
its existence can only be proven by a financial instrument as defined in Article 4(1)(15) of Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 3 ), unless it is a savings product which is evidenced by a certificate of deposit made out to a named person and which exists in a Member State on 2 July 2014;
its principal is not repayable at par;
its principal is only repayable at par under a particular guarantee or agreement provided by the credit institution or a third party;
‘investor citizenship schemes’ (or "golden passports") means the procedures put in place by a Member State, which allow third-country nationals to acquire its nationality in exchange for pre-determined payments and investments;
‘investor residence schemes’ (or "golden visas") means the procedures put in place by a Member State, which allow third-country nationals to obtain a residence permit in a Member State in exchange for pre-determined payments and investments;
‘trading venue’, as defined in Article 4(1)(24) of Directive 2014/65/EU, means a regulated market, a multilateral trading facility or an organised trading facility;
‘road transport undertaking’ means any natural or legal person, entity or body engaged with a commercial purpose in the transport of freight by means of motor vehicles or combinations of vehicles;
‘competent authorities’ means the competent authorities of the Member States as identified on the websites listed in Annex II;
‘energy sector’ means a sector covering the following activities with the exception of civil nuclear related activities:
the exploration, production, distribution within Belarus or mining of crude oil, natural gas or solid fossil fuels, the refining of fuels, the liquefaction of natural gas or regasification;
the manufacture or distribution within Belarus of solid fossil fuel products, refined petroleum products or gas; or
the construction of facilities or installation of equipment for, or the provision of services, equipment or technology for, activities related to power generation or electricity production.
Article 1a
It shall be prohibited:
to sell, supply, transfer or export, directly or indirectly, equipment which might be used for internal repression as listed in Annex III, whether or not originating in the Union, to any person, entity or body in Belarus or for use in Belarus;
to participate, knowingly and intentionally, in activities the object or effect of which is to circumvent the prohibitions referred to in point (a).
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Article 1b
It shall be prohibited:
to provide, directly or indirectly, technical assistance and brokering services related to the goods and technology listed in the Common Military List of the European Union ( 4 ) (‘Common Military List’), or related to the provision, manufacture, maintenance and use of goods included in that list, to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Belarus or for use in Belarus;
to provide, directly or indirectly, technical assistance or brokering services related to equipment which might be used for internal repression as listed in Annex III, to any person, entity or body in Belarus or for use in Belarus;
to provide, directly or indirectly, financing or financial assistance related to the goods and technology listed in the Common Military List or in Annex III, including in particular grants, loans and export credit insurance, for any sale, supply, transfer or export of such items, or for any provision of related technical assistance to any person, entity or body in Belarus or for use in Belarus;
to participate, knowingly and intentionally, in activities the object or effect of which is to circumvent the prohibitions referred to in points (a) to (c).
By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the prohibitions referred to therein shall not apply to:
non-lethal military equipment, or equipment which might be used for internal repression, intended solely for humanitarian purposes or protective use or for institution building programmes of the UN and the Union, or for EU or UN crisis management operations; or
non-combat vehicles fitted with materials to provide ballistic protection, intended solely for the protective use of personnel of the Union and its Member States in Belarus,
provided that the provision thereof has first been approved by the competent authority of a Member State, as identified on the websites listed in Annex II.
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Article 1ba
It shall be prohibited to:
provide technical assistance, brokering services or other services related to the goods referred to in paragraph 1 and to the provision, manufacture, maintenance and use of those goods, directly or indirectly to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Belarus or for use in Belarus;
provide financing or financial assistance related to the goods referred to in paragraph 1 for any sale, supply, transfer or export of those goods, or for the provision of related technical assistance, brokering services or other services, directly or indirectly to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Belarus, or for use in Belarus; or
sell, license or transfer in any other way intellectual property rights or trade secrets as well as to grant rights to access or re-use any material or information protected by means of intellectual property rights or constituting trade secrets related to the goods and technology referred to in paragraph 1 and to the provision, manufacture, maintenance and use of those goods and technology, directly or indirectly to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Belarus or for use in Belarus.
Article 1bb
It shall be prohibited to:
provide technical assistance, brokering services or other services related to the goods and technology referred to in paragraph 1 and to the provision, manufacture, maintenance and use of those goods and technology, directly or indirectly to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Belarus or for use in Belarus;
provide financing or financial assistance related to the goods and technology referred to in paragraph 1 for any sale, supply, transfer or export of those goods and technology, or for the provision of related technical assistance, brokering services or other services, directly or indirectly to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Belarus, or for use in Belarus; or
sell, license or transfer in any other way intellectual property rights or trade secrets as well as grant rights to access or re-use any material or information protected by means of intellectual property rights or constituting trade secrets related to the goods and technology referred to in paragraph 1 and to the provision, manufacture, maintenance and use of those goods and technology, directly or indirectly to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Belarus or for use in Belarus.
The competent authorities of the Member States may authorise, under the conditions they deem appropriate, the sale, supply, transfer or export of the goods and technology listed in Annex XVIII, or the provision of related technical or financial assistance, after having determined that such goods or technology or the provision of related technical or financial assistance are necessary for:
medical or pharmaceutical purposes, or for humanitarian purposes, such as delivering or facilitating the delivery of assistance, including medical supplies, food, or the transfer of humanitarian workers and related assistance or for evacuations;
the exclusive use and under the full control of the authorising Member State and in order to fulfil its maintenance obligations in areas which are under a long-term lease agreement between that Member State and Belarus; or
the establishment, operation, maintenance, fuel supply and retreatment and safety of civil nuclear capabilities, and the continuation of design, construction and commissioning required for the completion of civil nuclear facilities, the supply of precursor material for the production of medical radioisotopes and similar medical applications, or critical technology for environmental radiation monitoring, as well as for civil nuclear cooperation, in particular in the field of research and development.
The competent authorities of the Member States may authorise, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, the sale, supply, transfer or export of the following goods, or the provision of related technical or financial assistance, after having determined that such goods or the provision of related technical or financial assistance are necessary for personal household use of natural persons in Belarus:
goods falling under CN code 8417 20;
copper tubes, pipes and pipe fittings falling under CN codes 7411 or 7412 that have an internal diameter of up to 50 mm.
Article 1c
Article 1d
Unless the competent authority of the relevant Member State, as identified on the websites listed in Annex II, has given prior authorisation in accordance with Article 1c(2), it shall be prohibited to:
provide, directly or indirectly, technical assistance or brokering services related to the equipment, technology and software identified in Annex IV, or related to the installation, provision, manufacture, maintenance and use of the equipment and technology identified in Annex IV or to the provision, installation, operation or updating of any software identified in Annex IV, to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Belarus or for use in Belarus;
provide, directly or indirectly, financing or financial assistance related to the equipment, technology and software identified in Annex IV to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Belarus or for use in Belarus;
provide any telecommunication or internet monitoring or interception services of any kind to, or for the direct or indirect benefit of, the Belarusian Government, public bodies, corporations and agencies or any natural or legal person or entity acting on their behalf or at their direction.
Article 1e
It shall be prohibited to:
provide technical assistance, brokering services or other services related to the goods and technology referred to in paragraph 1 and to the provision, manufacture, maintenance and use of those goods and technology, directly or indirectly to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Belarus or for use in Belarus;
provide financing or financial assistance related to the goods and technology referred to in paragraph 1 for any sale, supply, transfer or export of those goods and technology, or for the provision of related technical assistance, brokering services or other services, directly or indirectly to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Belarus, or for use in Belarus; or
sell, license or transfer in any other way intellectual property rights or trade secrets as well as to grant rights to access or re-use any material or information protected by means of intellectual property rights or constituting trade secrets related to the goods and technology referred to in paragraph 1 and to the provision, manufacture, maintenance and use of those goods and technology, directly or indirectly to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Belarus or for use in Belarus.
Without prejudice to the authorisation requirements pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2021/821, the prohibitions in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article shall not apply to the sale, supply, transfer or export of dual-use goods and technology or to the related provision of technical or financial assistance, for non-military use and for a non-military end-user, intended for:
humanitarian purposes, health emergencies, the urgent prevention or mitigation of an event likely to have a serious and significant impact on human health and safety or on the environment or as a response to natural disasters;
medical or pharmaceutical purposes;
temporary export of items for use by news media;
software updates;
use as consumer communication devices; or
personal use of natural persons travelling to Belarus or members of their immediate families travelling with them, and limited to personal effects, household effects, vehicles or tools of trade owned by those individuals and not intended for sale.
With the exception of point (f) of the first subparagraph, the exporter shall declare in the customs declaration that the items are being exported under the relevant exception set out in this paragraph and shall notify the competent authority of the Member State where the exporter is resident or established of the first use of the relevant exception within 30 days from the date when the first export took place.
By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article, and without prejudice to the authorisation requirements pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2021/821, the competent authorities may authorise the sale, supply, transfer or export of dual-use goods and technology or the provision of related technical or financial assistance, for non-military use and for a non-military end-user, after having determined that such goods or technology or the related technical or financial assistance are:
intended for cooperation between the Union, the governments of Member States and the government of Belarus in purely civilian matters;
intended for intergovernmental cooperation in space programmes;
intended for the operation, maintenance, fuel retreatment and safety of civil nuclear capabilities, as well as civil nuclear cooperation, in particular in the field of research and development;
intended for maritime safety;
intended for civilian non-publicly available electronic communications networks which are not the property of an entity that is publicly controlled or with over 50 % public ownership;
intended for the exclusive use of entities owned, or solely or jointly controlled, by a legal person, entity or body which is incorporated or constituted under the law of a Member State or of a partner country;
intended for the diplomatic representations of the Union, Member States and partner countries, including delegations, embassies and missions; or
intended for ensuring cyber-security and information security for natural and legal persons, entities and bodies in Belarus except for its government and undertakings directly or indirectly controlled by that government.
When deciding on requests for authorisations referred to in paragraphs 4 and 5, the competent authorities shall not grant an authorisation if they have reasonable grounds to believe that:
the end-user might be a military end-user, a natural or legal person, entity or body listed in Annex V, or that the goods might have a military end-use, unless the sale, supply, transfer or export of goods and technology referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article or the provision of related technical or financial assistance is allowed under Article 1fa(1), point (a); or
the sale, supply, transfer or export of goods and technology referred to in paragraph 1 or the provision of related technical or financial assistance is intended for aviation or the space industry, unless such sale, supply, transfer or export or the provision of related technical or financial assistance is allowed under paragraph 4, point (b).
Article 1f
It shall be prohibited to:
provide technical assistance, brokering services or other services related to the goods and technology referred to in paragraph 1 and to the provision, manufacture, maintenance and use of those goods and technology, directly or indirectly to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Belarus, or for use in Belarus;
provide financing or financial assistance related to the goods and technology referred to in paragraph 1 for any sale, supply, transfer or export of those goods and technology, or for the provision of related technical assistance, brokering services or other services, directly or indirectly to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Belarus or for use in Belarus; or
sell, license or transfer in any other way intellectual property rights or trade secrets as well as to grant rights to access or re-use any material or information protected by means of intellectual property rights or constituting trade secrets related to the goods and technology referred to in paragraph 1 and to the provision, manufacture, maintenance and use of those goods and technology, directly or indirectly to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Belarus or for use in Belarus.
The prohibitions in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to the sale, supply, transfer or export of the goods and technology referred to in paragraph 1 or to the related provision of technical or financial assistance, for non-military use and for a non-military end-user, intended for:
humanitarian purposes, health emergencies, the urgent prevention or mitigation of an event likely to have a serious and significant impact on human health and safety or on the environment, or as a response to natural disasters;
medical or pharmaceutical purposes;
temporary export of items for use by news media;
software updates;
use as consumer communication devices; or
personal use of natural persons travelling to Belarus or members of their immediate families travelling with them, and limited to personal effects, household effects, vehicles or tools of trade owned by those individuals and not intended for sale.
With the exception of point (f) of the first subparagraph, the exporter shall declare in the customs declaration that the items are being exported under the relevant exception set out in this paragraph and shall notify the competent authority of the Member State where the exporter is resident or established of the first use of the relevant exception within 30 days from the date when the first export took place.
By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 and 2, the competent authorities may authorise the sale, supply, transfer or export of the goods and technology referred to in paragraph 1 or the provision of related technical or financial assistance, for non-military use and for a non-military end-user, after having determined that such goods or technology or the related technical or financial assistance are:
intended for cooperation between the Union, the governments of Member States and the government of Belarus in purely civilian matters;
intended for intergovernmental cooperation in space programmes;
intended for the operation, maintenance, fuel retreatment and safety of civil nuclear capabilities, as well as civil nuclear cooperation, in particular in the field of research and development;
intended for maritime safety;
intended for civilian non-publicly available electronic communications networks which are not the property of an entity that is publicly controlled or with over 50 % public ownership;
intended for the exclusive use of entities owned, or solely or jointly controlled, by a legal person, entity or body which is incorporated or constituted under the law of a Member State or of a partner country;
intended for the diplomatic representations of the Union, Member States and partner countries, including delegations, embassies and missions;
intended for ensuring cyber-security and information security for natural and legal persons, entities and bodies in Belarus except for its Government and undertakings directly or indirectly controlled by that Government; or
intended for the exclusive use and under the full control of the authorising Member State and in order to fulfil its maintenance obligations in areas which are under a long-term lease agreement between that Member State and Belarus.
When deciding on requests for authorisations referred to in paragraphs 4 and 5, the competent authorities shall not grant an authorisation if they have reasonable grounds to believe that:
the end-user might be a military end-user, a natural or legal person, entity or body listed in Annex V, or that the goods might have a military end-use, unless the sale, supply, transfer or export of goods and technology referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article or the provision of related technical or financial assistance is allowed under Article 1fa(1); or
the sale, supply, transfer or export of goods and technology referred to in paragraph 1 or the provision of related technical or financial assistance is intended for aviation or the space industry, unless such sale, supply, transfer or export or the provision of related technical or financial assistance is allowed under paragraph 4, point (b).
Article 1fa
With regard to the natural or legal persons, entities or bodies listed in Annex V, by way of derogation from Article 1e(1) and (2) and Article 1f(1) and (2), and without prejudice to the authorisation requirements of Regulation (EU) 2021/821, the competent authorities may only authorise the sale, supply, transfer or export of dual-use goods and technology, and goods and technology listed in Annex Va, or the provision of related technical or financial assistance, after having determined that such goods or technology or the related technical or financial assistance are:
necessary for the urgent prevention or mitigation of an event likely to have a serious and significant impact on human health and safety or the environment; or
due under contracts concluded before 3 March 2022, or ancillary contracts necessary for the execution of such a contract, provided that such authorisation is requested before 1 May 2022.
Article 1fb
Article 1fc
The competent authorities shall exchange information on the enforcement of Articles 1e, 1f and 1fa with the other Member States and the Commission, including on related infringements and penalties, as well as best practices of national enforcement authorities and the detection and prosecution of unauthorised exports. The exchange of information shall be carried out using the electronic system provided for in Article 23(6) of Regulation (EU) 2021/821.
Article 1fd
It shall be prohibited to:
provide technical assistance, brokering services or other services related to the goods and technology referred to in paragraph 1 and to the provision, manufacture, maintenance and use of those goods and technology, directly or indirectly to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Belarus or for use in Belarus;
provide financing or financial assistance related to the goods and technology referred to in paragraph 1 for any sale, supply, transfer or export of those goods and technology, or for the provision of related technical assistance, brokering services or other services, directly or indirectly to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Belarus or for use in Belarus; or
sell, license or transfer in any other way intellectual property rights or trade secrets as well as to grant rights to access or re-use any material or information protected by means of intellectual property rights or constituting trade secrets related to the goods and technology referred to in paragraph 1 and to the provision, manufacture, maintenance and use of those goods and technology, directly or indirectly to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Belarus or for use in Belarus.
Article 1g
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Article 1ga
It shall be prohibited to:
provide technical assistance, brokering services or other services related to the goods referred to in paragraph 1 and related to the provision, manufacture, maintenance and use of those goods, directly or indirectly to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Belarus or for use in Belarus;
provide financing or financial assistance related to the goods referred to in paragraph 1 for any sale, supply, transfer or export of those goods, or for the provision of related technical assistance, brokering services or other services, directly or indirectly to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Belarus or for use in Belarus; or
sell, license or transfer in any other way intellectual property rights or trade secrets as well as to grant rights to access or re-use any material or information protected by means of intellectual property rights or constituting trade secrets related to the goods referred to in paragraph 1 and to the provision, manufacture, maintenance and use of those goods, directly or indirectly to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Belarus or for use in Belarus.
Article 1gb
It shall be prohibited to:
acquire any new or extend any existing participation in any legal person, entity or body incorporated or constituted under the law of Belarus or any other third country and operating in the energy sector in Belarus;
grant or be part of any arrangement to grant any new loan or credit or otherwise provide financing, including equity capital, to any legal person, entity or body incorporated or constituted under the law of Belarus or any other third country and operating in the energy sector in Belarus, or for the documented purpose of financing such a legal person, entity or body;
create any new joint venture with any legal person, entity or body incorporated or constituted under the law of Belarus or any other third country and operating in the energy sector in Belarus; or
provide investment services directly related to the activities referred to in points (a), (b) and (c).
By way of derogation from paragraph 1, the competent authorities may authorise, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, any activity referred to in paragraph 1 after having determined that:
it is necessary to ensure critical energy supply within the Union, as well as the transport of natural gas and oil, including refined petroleum products, unless prohibited under Article 1h, from or through Belarus into the Union; or
it exclusively concerns a legal person, entity or body operating in the energy sector in Belarus owned by a legal person, entity or body which is incorporated or constituted under the law of a Member State.
Article 1gc
It shall be prohibited to:
provide technical assistance, brokering services or other services related to the goods and technology referred to in paragraph 1 and to the provision, manufacture, maintenance and use of those goods and technology, directly or indirectly to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Belarus or for use in Belarus;
provide financing or financial assistance related to the goods and technology referred to in paragraph 1 for any sale, supply, transfer or export of those goods and technology, or for the provision of related technical assistance, brokering services or other services, directly or indirectly to any person, entity or body in Belarus or for use in Belarus; or
sell, license or transfer in any other way intellectual property rights or trade secrets as well as to grant rights to access or re-use any material or information protected by means of intellectual property rights or constituting trade secrets related to the goods and technology referred to in paragraph 1 and to the provision, manufacture, maintenance and use of those goods and technology, directly or indirectly to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Belarus or for use in Belarus.
In duly justified cases of emergency, the sale, supply, transfer or export may proceed without prior authorisation, provided that the exporter notifies the competent authority within five working days after the sale, supply, transfer or export has taken place, providing detail about the relevant justification for the sale, supply, transfer or export without prior authorisation.
Article 1h
Article 1i
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Article 1j
It shall be prohibited to directly or indirectly purchase, sell, provide investment services for or assistance in the issuance of, or otherwise deal with transferable securities and money-market instruments with a maturity exceeding 90 days, issued after 29 June 2021 by:
the Republic of Belarus, its Government, its public bodies, corporations or agencies;
a major credit institution established in Belarus with over 50 % public ownership, or under public control, as of 1 June 2021, as listed in Annex IX;
a legal person, entity or body established outside the Union whose proprietary rights are directly or indirectly owned for more than 50 % by an entity referred to in point (a) or (b) of this Article; or
a natural or legal person, entity or body acting on behalf or at the direction of an entity referred to in point (a), (b) or (c) of this Article.
Article 1ja
Article 1jb
It shall be prohibited to list and provide services as of 12 April 2022 on trading venues registered or recognised in the Union for the transferable securities of any legal person, entity or body established in Belarus and with over 50 % public ownership.
Article 1jc
It shall be prohibited to provide, directly or indirectly, accounting, auditing, including statutory audit, bookkeeping or tax consulting services, or business and management consulting or public relations services to:
the Republic of Belarus, its Government, its public bodies, corporations or agencies; or
any natural or legal person, entity or body acting on behalf or at the direction of the Republic of Belarus, its Government, its public bodies, corporations or agencies.
It shall be prohibited to provide, directly or indirectly, architectural and engineering services, legal advisory services and IT consultancy services to:
the Republic of Belarus, its Government, its public bodies, corporations or agencies; or
any natural or legal person, entity or body acting on behalf or at the direction of the Republic of Belarus, its Government, its public bodies, corporations or agencies.
It shall be prohibited to provide, directly or indirectly, market research and public opinion polling services, technical testing and analysis services and advertising services to:
the Republic of Belarus, its Government, its public bodies, corporations or agencies; or
any natural or legal person, entity or body acting on behalf or at the direction of the Republic of Belarus, its Government, its public bodies, corporations or agencies.
It shall be prohibited to sell, supply, transfer, export, or provide, directly or indirectly, software for the management of enterprises and software for industrial design and manufacture as listed in Annex XXVI to:
the Republic of Belarus, its Government, its public bodies, corporations or agencies; or
any natural or legal person, entity or body acting on behalf or at the direction of the Republic of Belarus, its Government, its public bodies, corporations or agencies.
It shall be prohibited to:
provide technical assistance, brokering services or other services related to the goods and services referred to in paragraphs 1 to 4 for their provision, directly or indirectly, to the Republic of Belarus, its Government, its public bodies, corporations or agencies or to any natural or legal person, entity or body acting on behalf or at the direction of such a legal person, entity or body; or
provide financing or financial assistance related to the goods and services referred to in paragraphs 1 to 4 for their provision, or for the provision of related technical assistance, brokering services or other services, directly or indirectly, to the Republic of Belarus, its Government, its public bodies, corporations or agencies or to any natural or legal person, entity or body acting on behalf or at the direction of such a legal person, entity or body.
By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 and 2, the competent authorities may authorise the provision of the services referred to therein, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, after having determined that those services are strictly necessary for the setting-up, certification or evaluation of a firewall which:
removes the control by a natural or legal person, entity or body listed in Annex I over the assets of a non-listed legal person, entity or body incorporated or constituted under the law of a Member State which is owned or controlled by the former; and
ensures that no further funds or economic resources accrue to the benefit of the listed natural or legal person, entity or body.
By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 to 5, the competent authorities may authorise the services referred to therein, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, after having determined that this is necessary for:
humanitarian purposes such as delivering or facilitating the delivery of assistance, including medical supplies, food, or the transfer of humanitarian workers and related assistance, or for evacuations;
civil society activities that directly promote democracy, human rights or the rule of law in Belarus;
the functioning of diplomatic and consular representations of the Union and of the Member States or partner countries in Belarus, including delegations, embassies and missions, or international organisations in Belarus enjoying immunities in accordance with international law;
ensuring critical energy supply within the Union and the purchase, import or transport into the Union of titanium, aluminium, copper, nickel, palladium and iron ore;
ensuring the continuous operation of infrastructures, hardware and software which are critical for human health and safety, or the safety of the environment;
the establishment, operation, maintenance, fuel supply and retreatment and safety of civil nuclear capabilities, and the continuation of design, construction and commissioning required for the completion of civil nuclear facilities, the supply of precursor material for the production of medical radioisotopes and similar medical applications, or critical technology for environmental radiation monitoring, as well as for civil nuclear cooperation, in particular in the field of research and development;
the provision of electronic communication services by Union telecommunication operators necessary for the operation, maintenance and security, including cybersecurity, of electronic communication services, in Belarus, in Ukraine, in the Union, between Belarus and the Union, and between Ukraine and the Union, and for data centre services in the Union; or
the exclusive use of legal persons, entities or bodies established in Belarus that are owned by, or solely or jointly controlled by, a legal person, entity or body which is incorporated or constituted under the law of a Member State, a country member of the European Economic Area, Switzerland or a partner country, as listed in Annex Vb.
Article 1k
It shall be prohibited to directly or indirectly make or be part of any arrangement to make new loans or credit with a maturity exceeding 90 days, after 29 June 2021, to:
the Republic of Belarus, its Government, its public bodies, corporations or agencies;
a major credit institution established in Belarus with over 50 % public ownership, or under public control, as of 1 June 2021, as listed in Annex IX;
a legal person, entity or body established outside the Union whose proprietary rights are directly or indirectly owned for more than 50 % by an entity referred to in point (a) or (b) of this paragraph; or
a natural or legal person, entity or body acting on behalf or at the direction of an entity referred to in point (a), (b) or (c) of this paragraph.
The competent authority of a Member State may also grant, under such terms as it deems appropriate, an authorisation to make or be part of the loans or credits referred to in paragraph 1 if it has determined that:
the activities concerned are for the purpose of providing support for the Belarusian civilian population, such as humanitarian assistance, environmental projects, and nuclear safety or the loan or credit is necessary to comply with legal or regulatory minimum reserve or similar requirements to meet solvency and liquidity criteria for financial entities in Belarus which are majority-owned by financial institutions of the Union; and
the activities concerned do not entail funds or economic resources being made available, directly or indirectly, to or for the benefit of a person, entity or body referred to in Article 2.
When applying the conditions under points (i) and (ii), the competent authority shall require adequate information as regards the use of the authorisation granted, including information concerning the purpose of, and the counterparts to, the activities concerned.
The Member State concerned shall inform the other Member States and the Commission of any authorisation granted under this Article within two weeks of the authorisation.
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Article 1l
It shall be prohibited to provide insurance or re-insurance to:
the Republic of Belarus, its Government, its public bodies, corporations or agencies; or
any natural or legal person, entity or body acting on behalf or at the direction of a legal person, entity or body referred to in point (i).
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Article 1m
It shall be prohibited to participate, knowingly and intentionally, in activities the object or effect of which is to circumvent prohibitions in this Regulation, including by participating in such activities without deliberately seeking that object or effect but being aware that the participation may have that object or effect and accepting that possibility.
Article 1n
In addition to the prohibitions set out in Article 1k, the European Investment Bank (EIB) shall:
be prohibited from making any disbursement or payment under or in connection with any existing agreements entered into between the Republic of Belarus or any public authority thereof and the EIB; and
suspend all existing Technical Assistance Service Contracts relating to projects financed under the agreements referred to in point (a), and which are intended for the direct or indirect benefit of the Republic of Belarus or any public authority thereof to be performed in Belarus.
Article 1o
It shall be prohibited:
to import, directly or indirectly, wood products as listed in Annex X into the Union if they:
originate in Belarus; or
have been exported from Belarus;
to purchase, directly or indirectly, wood products as listed in Annex X which are located in or which originated in Belarus;
to transport wood products as listed in Annex X if they originated in Belarus or are being exported from Belarus to any other country;
to provide, directly or indirectly, technical assistance, brokering services, financing or financial assistance, including financial derivatives, as well as insurance and re-insurance, related to the prohibitions in points (a), (b) and (c).
Article 1p
It shall be prohibited:
to import, directly or indirectly, cement products as listed in Annex XI into the Union if they:
originate in Belarus; or
have been exported from Belarus;
to purchase, directly or indirectly, cement products as listed in Annex XI which are located in or which originated in Belarus;
to transport cement products as listed in Annex XI if they originated in Belarus or are being exported from Belarus to any other country;
to provide, directly or indirectly, technical assistance, brokering services, financing or financial assistance, including financial derivatives, as well as insurance and re-insurance, related to the prohibitions in points (a), (b) and (c).
Article 1q
It shall be prohibited:
to import, directly or indirectly, iron and steel products as listed in Annex XII into the Union if they:
originate in Belarus; or
have been exported from Belarus;
to purchase, directly or indirectly, iron and steel products as listed in Annex XII which are located in or which originated in Belarus;
to transport iron and steel products as listed in Annex XII if they originated in Belarus or are being exported from Belarus to any other country;
to provide, directly or indirectly, technical assistance, brokering services, financing or financial assistance, including financial derivatives, as well as insurance and re-insurance, related to the prohibitions in points (a), (b) and (c).
Article 1r
It shall be prohibited:
to import, directly or indirectly, rubber products as listed in Annex XIII into the Union if they:
originate in Belarus; or
have been exported from Belarus;
to purchase, directly or indirectly, rubber products as listed in Annex XIII which are located in or which originated in Belarus;
to transport rubber products as listed in Annex XIII if they originated in Belarus or are being exported from Belarus to any other country;
to provide, directly or indirectly, technical assistance, brokering services, financing or financial assistance, including financial derivatives, as well as insurance and re-insurance, related to the prohibitions in points (a), (b) and (c).
Article 1ra
It shall be prohibited to:
provide technical assistance, brokering services or other services related to the goods and technology referred to in paragraph 1 and to the provision, manufacture, maintenance and use of those goods and technology, directly or indirectly in relation to the prohibition in paragraph 1;
provide financing or financial assistance related to the goods and technology referred to in paragraph 1 for any purchase, import or transfer of those goods and technology, or for the provision of related technical assistance, brokering services or other services, directly or indirectly in relation to the prohibition in paragraph 1.
The competent authorities may authorise, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, the entry into the Union of a vehicle falling under CN code 8703 not intended for sale and owned by:
a citizen of a Member State or an immediate family member who is resident in Belarus and is driving the vehicle into the Union for strict personal use; or
a citizen of Belarus holding a valid visa or residence permit allowing entry into the Union, who is driving the vehicle into the Union for strict personal use.
Article 1rb
It shall be prohibited to:
provide technical assistance, brokering services or other services related to the goods referred to in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 and to the provision, manufacture, maintenance and use of those goods, directly or indirectly in relation to the prohibitions in those paragraphs; or
provide financing or financial assistance related to the goods referred to in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 for any purchase, import or transfer of those goods, or for the provision of related technical assistance, brokering services or other services, directly or indirectly in relation to the prohibitions in those paragraphs.
Article 1rc
It shall be prohibited to:
provide technical assistance, brokering services or other services related to the goods referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, and to the provision, manufacture, maintenance and use of those goods, directly or indirectly in relation to the prohibitions in those paragraphs;
provide financing or financial assistance related to the goods referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 for any purchase, import or transfer of those goods, or for the provision of related technical assistance, brokering services or other services, directly or indirectly in relation to the prohibitions in those paragraphs.
Article 1s
It shall be prohibited:
to sell, supply, transfer or export, directly or indirectly, machinery as listed in Annex XIV, whether or not originating in the Union, to any person, entity or body in Belarus or for use in Belarus;
to provide, directly or indirectly, technical assistance, brokering services, financing or financial assistance, including financial derivatives, as well as insurance and re-insurance, related to the prohibitions in point (a).
The prohibitions in paragraph 1 shall not apply to the sale, supply, transfer or export of the machinery referred to in paragraph 1 or to the related provision of technical and financial assistance, for non-military use and for a non-military end-user, intended for:
humanitarian purposes, health emergencies, the urgent prevention or mitigation of an event likely to have a serious and significant impact on human health and safety or on the environment, or as a response to natural disasters;
medical or pharmaceutical purposes;
temporary use by news media;
software updates;
use as consumer communication devices;
ensuring cyber-security and information security for natural or legal persons, entities or bodies in Belarus except for its government and undertakings directly or indirectly controlled by that government; or
personal use of natural persons travelling to Belarus, and limited to personal effects, household effects, vehicles or tools of trade owned by those individuals and not intended for sale.
With the exception of points (f) and (g), the exporter shall declare in its customs declaration that the items are being exported under the relevant exception set out in this paragraph and shall notify the competent authority of the Member State where the exporter is resident or established of the first use of the relevant exception within 30 days from that first export.
Article 1sa
It shall be prohibited to:
provide technical assistance, brokering services or other services related to the goods and technology referred to in paragraph 1 and to the provision, manufacture, maintenance and use of those goods and technology, directly or indirectly to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Belarus or for use in Belarus;
provide financing or financial assistance related to the goods and technology referred to in paragraph 1 for any sale, supply, transfer or export of those goods and technology, or for the provision of related technical assistance, brokering services or other services, directly or indirectly to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Belarus or for use in Belarus; or
sell, license or transfer in any other way intellectual property rights or trade secrets as well as to grant rights to access or re-use any material or information protected by means of intellectual property rights or constituting trade secrets related to the goods and technology referred to in paragraph 1 and to the provision, manufacture, maintenance and use of those goods and technology, directly or indirectly to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Belarus or for use in Belarus.
By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 and 4, the national competent authorities may authorise, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, the execution of an aircraft financial lease concluded before 5 August 2023 after having determined that:
it is strictly necessary to ensure lease re-payments to a legal person, entity or body incorporated or constituted under the law of a Member State which does not fall under any of the restrictive measures provided for in this Regulation; and
no economic resources will be made available to the Belarusian counterpart, with the exception of the transfer of ownership of the aircraft after full reimbursement of the financial lease.
When deciding on requests for authorisations for medical, pharmaceutical or humanitarian purposes in accordance with this paragraph, the national competent authorities shall not grant an authorisation for exports to any natural or legal person, entity or body in Belarus or for use in Belarus, if they have reasonable grounds to believe that the goods might have a military end-use.
Article 1t
The prohibition in paragraph 1 shall not apply to:
binding financing or financial assistance commitments established prior to 10 March 2022;
the provision of public financing or financial assistance up to the total value of EUR 10 000 000 per project benefiting small and medium-sized enterprises established in the Union; or
the provision of public financing or financial assistance for trade in food, and for agricultural, medical or humanitarian purposes.
Article 1u
Article 1v
By way of derogation from Article 1u(1), the competent authorities may authorise the acceptance of such a deposit, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, after having determined that the acceptance of such a deposit is:
necessary to satisfy the basic needs of natural or legal persons, entities or bodies referred to in Article 1u(1) and their dependent family members, including payments for food, rent or mortgage, medicines and medical treatment, taxes, insurance premiums, and public utility charges;
intended exclusively for the payment of reasonable professional fees or the reimbursement of incurred expenses associated with the provision of legal services;
necessary for extraordinary expenses, provided that the relevant competent authority has notified the competent authorities of the other Member States and the Commission of the grounds on which it considers that a specific authorisation should be granted, at least two weeks prior to the authorisation; or
necessary for official purposes of a diplomatic mission or consular post or international organisation.
Article 1w
By way of derogation from Article 1u(1), the competent authorities may authorise the acceptance of such a deposit, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, after having determined that the acceptance of such a deposit is:
necessary for humanitarian purposes, such as delivering or facilitating the delivery of assistance, including medical supplies, food, or the transfer of humanitarian workers and related assistance or for evacuations; or
necessary for civil society activities that directly promote democracy, human rights or the rule of law in Belarus.
Article 1x
Article 1y
Article 1z
Without prejudice to the applicable rules concerning reporting, confidentiality and professional secrecy, credit institutions shall:
supply to the national competent authority of the Member State where they are located or to the Commission by no later than 27 May 2022, a list of deposits exceeding EUR 100 000 held by Belarusian nationals or natural persons residing in Belarus, or by legal persons, entities or bodies established in Belarus. They shall provide updates regarding the amounts of such deposits every 12 months.
supply to the national competent authority of the Member State where they are located information on deposits exceeding EUR 100 000 held by Belarusian nationals or natural persons residing in Belarus who have acquired the citizenship of a Member State or residence rights in a Member State through an investor citizenship scheme or an investor residence scheme.
Article 1za
The prohibition in paragraph 1 shall not apply to the sale, supply, transfer or export of banknotes denominated in any official currency of a Member State provided that such sale, supply, transfer or export is necessary for:
the personal use of natural persons travelling to Belarus or members of their immediate families travelling with them; or
the official purposes of diplomatic missions, consular posts or international organisations in Belarus enjoying immunities in accordance with international law.
Article 1zb
Article 1zc
The prohibition in paragraph 1 shall not apply until 16 April 2022 to the transport of goods that started before 9 April 2022, provided that the vehicle of the road transport undertaking:
was already in the territory of the Union on 9 April 2022, or
needs to transit through the Union in order to return to Belarus.
By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 and 1a, the competent authorities of a Member State may authorise the transport of goods by a road transport undertaking established in Belarus or any road transport undertaking when carried out by means of trailers or semi-trailers registered in Belarus, including if those trailers or semi-trailers are hauled by trucks registered in other countries, if the competent authorities have determined that such transport is necessary for:
the purchase, import or transport into the Union of natural gas and oil, including refined petroleum products, as well as titanium, aluminium, copper, nickel, palladium and iron ore;
the purchase, import or transport of pharmaceutical, medical, agricultural and food products, including wheat and fertilisers whose import, purchase and transport is allowed under this Regulation;
humanitarian purposes; or,
the functioning of diplomatic and consular representations in Belarus, including delegations, embassies and missions, or international organisations in Belarus enjoying immunities in accordance with international law.
Article 2
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Annex I shall also consist of a list of:
the natural or legal persons, entities or bodies who, in accordance with Article 4(1), point (c), of Decision 2012/642/CFSP, have been identified by the Council as organising or contributing to activities by the Lukashenka regime that facilitate:
the illegal crossing of the external borders of the Union; or
the transfer of prohibited goods and the illegal transfer of restricted goods, including hazardous goods, into the territory of the Union; and
the legal persons, entities or bodies who, in accordance with Article 4(1), point (d), of Decision 2012/642/CFSP, have been identified by the Council as legal persons, entities or bodies owned or controlled by persons, entities or bodies referred to in point (a).
Article 2a
Actions by natural or legal persons, entities or bodies shall not give rise to liability of any kind on their part, if they did not know, and had no reasonable cause to suspect, that their actions would infringe the measures set out in this Regulation.
Article 2b
Article 3
By way of derogation from Article 2, the competent authorities in the Member States, as indicated in the websites listed in Annex II, may authorise the release of certain frozen funds or economic resources, or the making available of certain funds or economic resources, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, after having determined that the funds or economic resources are:
necessary to satisfy the basic needs of persons listed in Annex I and their dependent family members, including payments for foodstuffs, rent or mortgage, medicines and medical treatment, taxes, insurance premiums, and public utility charges;
intended exclusively for payment of reasonable professional fees and reimbursement of incurred expenses associated with the provision of legal services;
intended exclusively for payment of fees or service charges for routine holding or maintenance of frozen funds or economic resources;
intended exclusively for:
humanitarian purposes, including the operation of flights for the evacuation or repatriation of persons, or for initiatives providing support to victims of natural, nuclear or chemical disasters;
the operation of flights in the framework of international adoption procedures;
the operation of flights required for attending meetings with the objective of seeking a solution to the crisis in Belarus or promoting the policy objectives of the restrictive measures; or
an emergency landing, take-off or overflight by an EU air carrier;
necessary to deal with critical and clearly identified air safety matters and after prior consultation of the European Union Aviation Safety Agency.
Article 3a
By way of derogation from Article 2(1), the competent authorities may authorise the release of certain frozen funds or economic resources, if the following conditions are met:
the funds or economic resources are the subject of an arbitral decision rendered prior to the date on which the natural or legal person, entity or body referred to in Article 2 was listed in Annex I, or of a judicial or administrative decision rendered in the Union, or a judicial decision enforceable in the Member State concerned, prior to or after that date;
the funds or economic resources will be used exclusively to satisfy claims secured by such a decision or recognised as valid in such a decision, within the limits set by applicable laws and regulations governing the rights of persons having such claims;
the decision is not for the benefit of a natural or legal person, entity or body listed in Annex I; and
recognition of the decision is not contrary to public policy in the Member State concerned.
Article 4
Article 2(2) shall not apply to the addition to frozen accounts of
interest or other earnings on those accounts; or
payments due under contracts, agreements or obligations that were concluded or arose prior to the date on which those accounts became subject to the provisions of this Regulation,
provided that any such interest, other earnings and payments continue to be subject to Article 2(1).
Article 4a
By way of derogation from Article 2(1), where a payment by a natural or legal person, entity or body listed in ►M15 Annex I ◄ is due under a contract or agreement that was concluded by, or an obligation that arose for the natural or legal person, entity or body concerned before the date on which that person, entity or body had been listed, the competent authorities of the Member States, as indicated on the websites listed in Annex II, may authorise, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, the release of certain frozen funds or economic resources, provided that:
the competent authority concerned has determined that the payment is not, directly or indirectly, to or for the benefit of a person, entity or body listed in ►M15 Annex I ◄ ; and
the Member State concerned has, at least 2 weeks prior to the grant of the authorisation, notified the other Member States and the Commission of that determination and its intention to grant the authorisation.
Article 4b
By way of derogation from Article 2, the competent authorities in the Member States, as indicated in the websites listed in Annex II, may authorise, under such conditions as they deem appropriate, the release of certain frozen funds or economic resources or the making available of certain funds or economic resources, after having determined that the funds or economic resources are necessary for official purposes of diplomatic missions or consular posts or international organisations enjoying immunities in accordance with international law.
Article 4c
By way of derogation from Article 2, the competent authorities of a Member State may authorise the release of certain frozen funds or economic resources belonging to, owned, held or controlled by a natural or legal person, entity or body listed in Annex I, or the provision of services to such a natural or legal person, entity or body, under such conditions as they deem appropriate and after having determined that this is strictly necessary for the setting-up, certification or evaluation of a firewall which:
removes the control by the natural or legal person, entity or body listed in Annex I over the assets of a non-listed legal person, entity or body incorporated or constituted under the law of a Member State and which is owned or controlled by the former; and
ensures that no further funds or economic resources accrue to the benefit of the listed natural or legal person, entity or body.
Article 5
Without prejudice to the applicable rules concerning reporting, confidentiality and professional secrecy, natural and legal persons, entities and bodies shall:
immediately supply the competent authorities indicated in the websites listed in Annex II, in the country where they are resident or located, with any information which would facilitate compliance with this Regulation, such as accounts and amounts frozen in accordance with Article 2, and directly or indirectly supply such information to the Commission; and
cooperate with the competent authorities indicated in the websites listed in Annex II in any verification of this information.
Article 6
The freezing of funds and economic resources or the refusal to make funds or economic resources available, carried out in good faith on the basis that such action is in accordance with this Regulation, shall not give rise to liability of any kind on the part of the natural or legal person or entity or body implementing it, or its directors or employees, unless it is proved that the funds and economic resources were frozen as a result of negligence.
Article 7
The Member States and the Commission shall inform each other of the measures taken under this Regulation and share any other relevant information at their disposal in connection with this Regulation, in particular information in respect of:
authorisations granted under this Regulation;
information received under Article 1z;
violation and enforcement problems, penalties applied for infringements of the provisions of this Regulation and judgments handed down by national courts;
It shall be presumed that the disclosure of any documents or proposals referred to in the first subparagraph would harm the security of the Union or that of one or more of its Member States or the conduct of their international relations.
Article 8
The Commission shall be empowered to amend Annexes II and Vc on the basis of information supplied by Member States.
Article 8a
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Article 8b
Article 8c
Article 8ca
Article 8d
No claims in connection with any contract or transaction the performance of which has been affected, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, by the measures imposed under this Regulation, including claims for indemnity or any other claim of this type, such as a claim for compensation or a claim under a guarantee, notably a claim for extension or payment of a bond, guarantee or indemnity, particularly a financial guarantee or financial indemnity, of whatever form, shall be satisfied, if they are made by:
designated natural or legal persons, entities or bodies listed in Annex I;
entities referred to in Articles 1j, 1k, 1l and 1zb or listed in Annexes V, IX and XV;
any other Belarussian person, entity or body, including the Belarusian government;
any person, entity or body acting through or on behalf of one of the persons, entities or bodies referred to in point (a), (b) or (c) of this paragraph.
Article 8da
By way of derogation from Articles 1bb, 1e, 1f, , 1fd, 1g, 1ga, 1gc, 1s and 1sa the competent authorities may authorise the sale, supply or transfer of goods and technologies listed in Annexes Va, VI, XIV, XVII, XVIII, XX, XXIV and XXV until 31 December 2024, where such sale, supply or transfer is strictly necessary for the divestment from Belarus or the wind-down of business activities in Belarus, provided that the following conditions are fulfilled:
the goods and technologies are owned by a national of a Member State or by a legal person, entity or body which is incorporated or constituted under the law of a Member State or by legal persons, entities or bodies established in Belarus that are owned by, or solely or jointly controlled by, a legal person, entity or body which is incorporated or constituted under the law of a Member State; and
the competent authorities deciding on requests for authorisations have no reasonable grounds to believe that the goods and technologies might be for a military end-user or have a military end-use in Belarus; and
the goods and technologies concerned were physically located in Belarus before the relevant prohibitions in Articles 1bb, 1e, 1f, 1fd, 1g, 1ga, 1gc, 1s and 1sa entered into force in respect of those goods and technologies.
By way of derogation from Article 1h, as far as mineral products are concerned, and from Articles 1o, 1p, 1q, 1r, 1ra and 1rb, the competent authorities may authorise the import or transfer of goods listed in Annexes VII, X, XI, XII, XIII, XXI, XXII and XXVII until 31 December 2024, where such import or transfer is strictly necessary for the divestment from Belarus or the wind-down of business activities in Belarus, provided that the following conditions are fulfilled:
the goods are owned by a national of a Member State or by a legal person, entity or body which is incorporated or constituted under the law of a Member State or by legal persons, entities or bodies established in Belarus that are owned by, or solely or jointly controlled by, a legal person, entity or body which is incorporated or constituted under the law of a Member State; and
the goods concerned were physically located in Belarus before the relevant prohibitions in Article 1h, as far as mineral products are concerned, or in Articles 1o, 1p, 1q, 1r, 1ra and 1rb, entered into force in respect of those goods.
By way of derogation from Article 1jc, the competent authorities may authorise the continuation of the provision of services listed therein until 31 December 2024 where such provision of services is strictly necessary for the divestment from Belarus or the wind-down of business activities in Belarus, provided that the following conditions are fulfilled:
such services are provided to and for the exclusive benefit of the legal persons, entities or bodies resulting from the divestment; and
the competent authorities deciding on requests for authorisations have no reasonable grounds to believe that the services might be provided, directly or indirectly, to the Government of Belarus or a military end-user or have a military end-use in Belarus;
Article 8e
The Council, the Commission and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (the ‘High Representative’) shall process personal data that are necessary to carry out their tasks under this Regulation. Those tasks include:
as regards the Council, preparing and making amendments to Annex I;
as regards the High Representative, preparing amendments to Annex I;
as regards the Commission:
adding the contents of Annex I to the electronic, consolidated list of persons, groups and entities subject to Union financial sanctions and to the interactive sanctions map, both publicly available;
processing information on the impact of the measures provided for in this Regulation such as the value of frozen funds, information on deposits and information on authorisations granted by the competent authorities.
Article 8f
Article 8g
Paragraph 1 shall not apply to:
the execution of contracts relating to goods falling under CN codes 8457 10, 8458 11, 8458 91, 8459 61, 8466 93, as listed in Annex XXX;
the execution of contracts concluded before 1 July 2024 until their expiry date.
Article 8ga
Natural and legal persons, entities and bodies that sell, supply, transfer or export common high priority items as listed in Annex XXX to this Regulation shall, as of 2 January 2025,
take appropriate steps, proportionately to their nature and size, to identify and assess the risks of exportation to Belarus and exportation for use in Belarus for such goods or technology, and ensure that those risk assessments are documented and kept up-to-date;
implement appropriate policies, controls and procedures, proportionately to their nature and size, to mitigate and manage effectively the risks of exportation to Belarus and exportation for use in Belarus for such goods or technology, whether those risks were identified at their level or at the level of the Member State or of the Union.
Article 8h
Any person referred to in the third and fourth indent of Article 10 shall be entitled to recover, in judicial proceedings before the competent courts of the Member State, any damages, including legal costs, incurred by that person as a consequence of claims lodged with courts in third countries by persons, entities and bodies referred to in point (a), (b), (c) or (d) of Article 8d(1), in connection with any contract or transaction the performance of which has been affected, directly or indirectly, in whole or in part, by the measures imposed under this Regulation, provided that the person concerned does not have effective access to the remedies under the relevant jurisdiction.
Article 8i
Natural and legal persons, entities and bodies shall undertake their best efforts to ensure that any legal person, entity or body established outside the Union that they own or control does not participate in activities that undermine the restrictive measures provided for in this Regulation.
Article 8j
Consistent with respect for the confidentiality of communications between lawyers and their clients guaranteed in Article 7 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and, where applicable, without prejudice to rules regarding the confidentiality of information held by judicial authorities, natural and legal persons, entities and bodies shall:
supply any information which would facilitate the implementation of this Regulation to the competent authority of the Member State where they are resident or located within two weeks of acquiring this information; and
cooperate with the competent authority in any verification of such information.
Article 9
Article 9a
Article 9b
Where there is, in this Regulation, a requirement to notify, inform or otherwise communicate with the Commission, the address and other contact details to be used for such communication shall be those indicated in Annex II.
Article 10
This Regulation shall apply:
Article 11
This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
ANNEX I
List of natural and legal persons, entities and bodies referred to in Article 2(1)
A. Natural persons referred to in Article 2(1)
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Names (Transliteration of Belarusian spelling) (Transliteration of Russian spelling) |
Names (Belarusian spelling) (Russian spelling) |
Identifying information |
Reasons for listing |
Date of listing |
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Uladzimir Uladzimiravich NAVUMAU Vladimir Vladimirovich NAUMOV |
Уладзімір Уладзіміравіч НАВУМАЎ Владимир Владимирович НАУМОВ |
Position(s): former Minister of Internal Affairs; former Head of the President’s Security Service DOB: 7.2.1956 POB: Smolensk, former USSR (now Russian Federation) Gender: male |
Failed to take action to investigate the case of the unresolved disappearances of Yuri Zakharenko, Viktor Gonchar, Anatoly Krasovski and Dmitri Zavadski in Belarus in 1999-2000. Former Minister of Internal Affairs and also former Head of the President's Security Service. As a Minister of Internal Affairs he was responsible for the repression of peaceful demonstrations until his retirement on 6 April 2009 for health reasons. Received a residence in the Drozdy nomenklatura district in Minsk from the Presidential Administration. In October 2014, was awarded the Order ‘For Merit’ III degree by President Lukashenka. |
24.9.2004 |
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Dzmitry Valerievich PAULICHENKA Dmitri Valerievich PAVLICHENKO (Dmitriy Valeriyevich PAVLICHENKO) |
Дзмiтрый Валер'евiч ПАЎЛIЧЭНКА Дмитрий Валериевич ПАВЛИЧЕНКО |
Position(s): Former Commander of the Special Rapid Response Unit (SOBR) Commander of an OMON unit DOB: 1966 POB: Vitebsk/Viciebsk, former USSR (now Belarus) Address: Belarusian Association of Veterans of Special Forces of the Ministry of Internal Affairs ‘Honour’, 111 Mayakovskogo St., 220028 Minsk, Belarus Gender: male |
Key person in the unresolved disappearances of Yuri Zakharenko, Viktor Gonchar, Anatoly Krasovski and Dmitri Zavadski in Belarus in 1999-2000. Former Commander of the Special Rapid Response Unit (SOBR) at the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MoIA). Businessman, Head of ‘Honour’, the MoIA's Association of Veterans of Special Forces of the MoIA. He was identified as commanding an OMON unit during the brutal crackdown on protesters that took place in Belarus in the wake of the 2020 presidential election. |
24.9.2004 |
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Viktar Uladzimiravich SHEIMAN (Viktar Uladzimiravich SHEYMAN) Viktor Vladimirovich SHEIMAN (Viktor Vladimirovich SHEYMAN) |
Вiктар Уладзiмiравiч ШЭЙМАН Виктор Владимирович ШЕЙМАН |
Position(s): Former Head of the Belarus President Property Management Directorate DOB: 26.5.1958 POB: Soltanishki, Grodno/Hrodna Region/Oblast, former USSR (now Belarus) Address: Belarus President Property Management Directorate, 38 Karl Marx St., 220016 Minsk, Belarus Gender: male |
Former Head of the Belarus President Property Management Directorate. Responsible for the unresolved disappearances of Yuri Zakharenko, Viktor Gonchar, Anatoly Krasovski and Dmitri Zavadski in Belarus in 1999-2000. Former Secretary of the Security Council. Sheiman remains a Special Assistant/Aid to the President. He remains an influential and active member of the Lukashenka regime. |
24.9.2004 |
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Iury Leanidavich SIVAKAU (Yuri Leanidavich SIVAKAU, SIVAKOU) Iury (Yuri) Leonidovich SIVAKOV |
Юрый Леанідавіч СІВАКАЎ, СІВАКОЎ Юрий Леонидович СИВАКОВ |
Position(s): former Minister of Internal Affairs; former Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration DOB: 5.8.1946 POB: Onor, Sakhalin Region/Oblast, former USSR (now Russian Federation) Address: Belarusian Association of Veterans of Special Forces of the Ministry of Internal Affairs ‘Honour’, 111 Mayakovskogo St., Minsk 220028, Belarus Gender: male |
Orchestrated the unresolved disappearances of Yuri Zakharenko, Viktor Gonchar, Anatoly Krasovski and Dmitri Zavadski in Belarus in 1999-2000. Former Minister of Tourism and Sports, former Minister of Internal Affairs and former Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration. |
24.9.2004 |
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Yuri Khadzimuratavich KARAEU Yuri Khadzimuratovich KARAEV |
Юрый Хаджымуратавіч КАРАЕЎ Юрий Хаджимуратович КАРАЕВ |
Position(s): Former Minister of Internal Affairs; Lieutenant General of Militia (police force); Aide to the President of the Republic of Belarus - Inspector for the Grodno/Hrodna Region/Oblast DOB: 21.6.1966 POB: Ordzhonikidze, former USSR (now Vladikavkaz, Russian Federation) Gender: male |
In his former leadership position as Minister of Internal Affairs (MoIA), he is responsible for the repression and intimidation campaign led by MoIA forces in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, in particular arbitrary arrests and ill treatment, including torture, of peaceful demonstrators as well as intimidation and violence against journalists. Remains active in the Lukashenka regime as an aide to the President of Belarus – Inspector for the Grodno/Hrodna Region/Oblast. |
2.10.2020 |
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Genadz Arkadzievich KAZAKEVICH Gennadi Arkadievich KAZAKEVICH |
Генадзь Аркадзьевіч КАЗАКЕВІЧ Геннадий Аркадьевич КАЗАКЕВИЧ |
Position(s): Former First Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs; Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs – Chief of the Criminal Militia, Colonel of Militia (police force) DOB: 14.2.1975 POB: Minsk, former USSR (now Belarus) Gender: male |
In his former leadership position as First Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs (MoIA), he is responsible for the repression and intimidation campaign led by MoIA forces in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, in particular arbitrary arrests and ill-treatment, including torture, of peaceful demonstrators as well as intimidation and violence against journalists. He remains active in the Lukashenka regime as the Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs. He retains his post of Chief of the Criminal Militia. |
2.10.2020 |
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Aliaksandr Piatrovich BARSUKOU Alexander (Alexandr) Petrovich BARSUKOV |
Аляксандр Пятровіч БАРСУКОЎ Александр Петрович БАРСУКОВ |
Position(s): Former Deputy Minister Internal Affairs; Lieutenant-General of Militia (police force); Aide to the President of the Republic of Belarus - Inspector for the Minsk Region/Oblast DOB: 29.4.1965 POB: Vetkovski (Vetka) District, former USSR (now Belarus) Gender: male |
In his former leadership position as Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs (MoIA), he is responsible for the repression and intimidation campaign led by MoIA forces in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, in particular arbitrary arrests and ill-treatment, including torture, of peaceful demonstrators as well as intimidation and violence against journalists. He remains active in the Lukashenka regime as Aide to the President of Belarus – Inspector for the Minsk Region/Oblast. |
2.10.2020 |
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Siarhei Mikalaevich KHAMENKA Sergei Nikolaevich KHOMENKO |
Сяргей Мiкалаевiч ХАМЕНКА Сергей Николаевич ХОМЕНКО |
Position(s): Former Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs, Major-General of Militia (police force) Minister of Justice DOB: 21.9.1966 POB: Yasinovataya, former USSR (now Ukraine) Gender: male |
In his former leadership position as Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MoIA), he was responsible for the repression and intimidation campaign led by MoIA forces in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, in particular arbitrary arrests and ill-treatment, including torture, of peaceful demonstrators as well as intimidation and violence against journalists. He remains active in the Lukashenka regime as Minister of Justice. |
2.10.2020 |
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Yuri Genadzevich NAZARANKA Yuri Gennadievich NAZARENKO |
Юрый Генадзевіч НАЗАРАНКА Юрий Геннадьевич НАЗАРЕНКО |
Position(s): Former Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs, Former Commander of the Internal Troops; First Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs, Head of the Public Security Police, Major General of Militia (police force) DOB: 17.4.1976 POB: Slonim, former USSR (now Belarus) Gender: male |
In his former leadership position as Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MoIA) and Commander of the MoIA Internal Troops, he is responsible for the repression and intimidation campaign led by MoIA forces, in particular the Internal Troops under his command, in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, in particular arbitrary arrests and ill-treatment, including torture, of peaceful demonstrators as well as intimidation and violence against journalists. He remains active in the Lukashenka regime as first Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs and Head of the Public Security Police. |
2.10.2020 |
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Khazalbek Baktibekavich ATABEKAU Khazalbek Bakhtibekovich ATABEKOV |
Хазалбек Бактiбекавiч АТАБЕКАЎ Хазалбек Бахтибекович АТАБЕКОВ |
Position(s): Former Deputy Commander of the Internal Troops DOB: 18.3.1967 Gender: male |
In his former position as Deputy Commander of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MoIA), he was responsible for the repression and intimidation campaign led by MoIA forces, in particular the Internal Troops under his command, in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, in particular arbitrary arrests and ill-treatment, including torture, of peaceful demonstrators, as well as intimidation and violence against journalists. He was passed to the military reserve in March 2022 by the decree of Aliaksandr Lukashenka. He has the right to wear military uniform and insignia. |
2.10.2020 |
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Aliaksandr Valerievich BYKAU Alexander (Alexandr) Valerievich BYKOV |
Аляксандр Валер’евiч БЫКАЎ Александр Валерьевич БЫКОВ |
Position(s): First Deputy Commander of the Interior Troops, former Commander of the Special Rapid Response Unit (SOBR), Lieutenant Colonel Gender: male |
In his former position as Commander of the Special Rapid Response Unit (SOBR) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he was responsible for the repression and intimidation campaign led by SOBR forces in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, in particular arbitrary arrests and ill-treatment, including torture, of peaceful demonstrators. He remains active in the Lukashenka regime as First Deputy Commander of the Interior Troops. |
2.10.2020 |
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Aliaksandr Sviataslavavich SHEPELEU Alexander (Alexandr) Svyatoslavovich SHEPELEV |
Аляксандр Святаслававіч ШЭПЕЛЕЎ Александр Святославович ШЕПЕЛЕВ |
Position(s): Head of the Department for Safety and Security, Ministry of Internal Affairs DOB: 14.10.1975 POB: village of Rublevsk, Kruglyanskiy district, Mogilev/Mahiliou Region/Oblast, former USSR (now Belarus) Gender: male |
In his senior position as Head of the Department for Safety and Security in the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MoIA), he is involved in the repression and intimidation campaign led by MoIA forces in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, in particular arbitrary arrests and ill-treatment, including torture, of peaceful demonstrators as well as intimidation and violence against journalists. |
2.10.2020 |
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Dzmitry Uladzimiravich BALABA Dmitry Vladimirovich BALABA |
Дзмітрый Уладзіміравіч БАЛАБА Дмитрий Владимирович БАЛАБА |
Position(s): Head of OMON (‘Special Purpose Police Detachment’) for the Minsk City Executive Committee DOB: 1.6.1972 POB: village of Gorodilovo, Minsk Region/Oblast, former USSR (now Belarus) Gender: male |
In his command position over OMON forces in Minsk, he is responsible for the repression and intimidation campaign led by OMON forces in Minsk in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, in particular arbitrary arrests and ill-treatment, including torture, of peaceful demonstrators as well as intimidation and violence against journalists. |
2.10.2020 |
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Ivan Uladzimiravich KUBRAKOU Ivan Vladimirovich KUBRAKOV |
Іван Уладзіміравіч КУБРАКОЎ Иван Владимирович КУБРАКОВ |
Position(s): Former Head of the Main Internal Affairs Directorate of the Minsk City Executive Committee; Minister of Internal Affairs, Major General of Militia (police force) DOB: 5.5.1975 POB: village of Malinovka, Mogilev/Mahiliou Region/Oblast, former USSR (now Belarus) Gender: male |
In his former position as Head of the Main Internal Affairs Directorate of the Minsk City Executive Committee, he is responsible for the repression and intimidation campaign led by police forces in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, in particular arbitrary arrests and ill-treatment of peaceful demonstrators as well as intimidation and violence against journalists. He remains active in the Lukashenka regime as the Minister of Internal Affairs. |
2.10.2020 |
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Maxim Aliaksandravich GAMOLA (HAMOLA) Maxim Alexandrovich GAMOLA |
Максім Аляксандравіч ГАМОЛА Максим Александрович ГАМОЛА |
Position(s): Former Head of the Police Department in Moskovski District, Minsk; Deputy head of the Minsk City Police Department, Head of Criminal Police Gender: male |
In his former position as Head of the Police Department in Moskovski District, Minsk, he is responsible for the repression and intimidation campaign in that district against peaceful protesters in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, in particular arbitrary arrests, excessive use of force and ill-treatment, including torture. He remains active in the Lukashenka regime as Deputy Head of the Minsk City Police Department and Head of Criminal Police. |
2.10.2020 |
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Aliaksandr Mikhailavich ALIASHKEVICH Alexander Mikhailovich ALESHKEVICH |
Аляксандр Мiхайлавiч АЛЯШКЕВIЧ Александр Михайлович АЛЕШКЕВИЧ |
Position(s): Former First Deputy Head of the District Department of Internal Affairs in Moskovsky District, Minsk, Head of Criminal Police Head of the District Department of Internal Affairs in Leninsky District, Minsk Gender: male |
In his former position as First Deputy Head of the District Department of Internal Affairs in Moskovsky District, Minsk, and Head of Criminal Police, he was responsible for the repression and intimidation campaign in that district against peaceful protesters in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, in particular arbitrary arrests, excessive use of force and ill-treatment, including torture. He remains active in the Lukashenka regime as Head of the District Department of Internal Affairs in Leninsky District, Minsk. |
2.10.2020 |
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Andrei Vasilievich GALENKA Andrey Vasilievich GALENKA |
Андрэй Васiльевiч ГАЛЕНКА Андрей Васильевич ГАЛЕНКА |
Position(s): First Deputy Head of the District Department of Internal Affairs in Moskovski District, Minsk, Head of Public Safety Police Gender: male |
In his former position as Deputy Head of the District Department of Internal Affairs in Moskovski District, Minsk and Head of Public Safety Police, he was responsible for the repression and intimidation campaign in that district against peaceful protesters in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, in particular arbitrary arrests, excessive use of force and ill-treatment, including torture. He remains active in the Lukashenka regime and is serving as the First Deputy Head of the District Department of Internal Affairs in Moskovski District, Minsk, Head of Public Safety Police. |
2.10.2020 |
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Aliaksandr Paulavich VASILIEU Alexander Pavlovich VASILIEV |
Аляксандр Паўлавiч ВАСIЛЬЕЎ Александр Павлович ВАСИЛЬЕВ |
Position(s): Former Head of the Department of Internal Affairs of Gomel/Homyel Region/Oblast Executive Committee Head of the Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs DOB: 24.3.1975 POB: Mahiliou/Mogilev, former USSR (now Belarus) Gender: male |
In his former position as Head of the Department of Internal Affairs of Gomel/Homyel Region/Oblast Executive Committee, he was responsible for the repression and intimidation campaign in that region/oblast against peaceful protesters in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, in particular arbitrary arrests, excessive use of force and ill-treatment, including torture. He remains active in the Lukashenka regime as Head of the Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. |
2.10.2020 |
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Aleh Mikalaevich SHULIAKOUSKI Oleg Nikolaevich SHULIAKOVSKI |
Алег Мiкалаевiч ШУЛЯКОЎСКI Олег Николаевич ШУЛЯКОВСКИЙ |
Position(s): Former First Deputy Head of the Department of Internal Affairs of Gomel/Homyel Region/Oblast Executive Committee, Head of Criminal Police Head of the Department of Internal Affairs of the Brest Region/Oblast Executive Committee DOB: 26.7.1977 Gender: male |
In his former position as First Deputy Head of the Department of Internal Affairs of Gomel/Homyel Region/Oblast Executive Committee and Head of Criminal Police, he was responsible for the repression and intimidation campaign in that region/oblast against peaceful protesters in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, in particular arbitrary arrests, excessive use of force and ill-treatment, including torture. He remains active in the Lukashenka regime as Head of the Department of Internal Affairs of the Brest Region/Oblast Executive Committee. |
2.10.2020 |
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Anatol Anatolievich VASILIEU Anatoli Anatolievich VASILIEV |
Анатоль Анатольевiч ВАСIЛЬЕЎ Анатолий Анатольевич ВАСИЛЬЕВ |
Position(s): First Deputy Head of the Department of Internal Affairs of Gomel/Homyel Region/Oblast Executive Committee, Head of Public Safety Police Former Deputy Head of the Department of Internal Affairs of Gomel/Homyel Region/Oblast Executive Committee, Head of Public Safety Police, Former Deputy Chairman of the Investigative Committee DOB: 26.1.1972 POB: Gomel/Homyel, Gomel/Homyel Region/Oblast, former USSR (now Belarus) Gender: male |
In his former position as Deputy Head of the Department of Internal Affairs of Gomel/Homyel Region/Oblast Executive Committee and Head of Public Safety Police, he was responsible for the repression and intimidation campaign in that region/oblast against peaceful protesters in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, in particular arbitrary arrests, excessive use of force and ill-treatment, including torture. He remains active in the Lukashenka regime as First Deputy Head of the Department of Internal Affairs of Gomel/Homyel Region/Oblast Executive Committee, Head of Public Safety Police. |
2.10.2020 |
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Aliaksandr Viachaslavavich ASTREIKA Alexander Viacheslavovich ASTREIKO |
Аляксандр Вячаслававiч АСТРЭЙКА Александр Вячеславович АСТРЕЙКО |
Position(s): Former Head of the Department of Internal Affairs of Brest Region/Oblast Executive Committee, Major-General of Militia (police force) Head of the Department of Internal Affairs of the Minsk Region/Oblast Executive Committee DOB: 22.12.1971 POB: Kapyl, former USSR (now Belarus) Gender: male |
In his former position as Head of the Department of Internal Affairs of Brest Region/Oblast Executive Committee and Major-General of Militia, he was responsible for the repression and intimidation campaign in that region/oblast against peaceful protesters in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, in particular arbitrary arrests, excessive use of force and ill-treatment, including torture. He remains active in the Lukashenka regime as Head of the Department of Internal Affairs of the Minsk Region/Oblast Executive Committee. |
2.10.2020 |
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Leanid ZHURAUSKI Leonid ZHURAVSKI |
Леанiд ЖУРАЎСКI Леонид ЖУРАВСКИЙ |
Position(s): Former Head of OMON (‘Special Purpose Police Detachment’) in Vitebsk/Viciebsk DOB: 20.9.1975 Gender: male |
In his former command position over OMON forces in Vitebsk/Viciebsk, he was responsible for the repression and intimidation campaign led by OMON forces in Vitebsk/Viciebsk in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, in particular arbitrary arrests and ill-treatment of peaceful demonstrators. |
2.10.2020 |
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Mikhail DAMARNACKI Mikhail DOMARNATSKY |
Міхаіл ДАМАРНАЦКІ Михаил ДОМАРНАЦКИЙ |
Position(s): Head of OMON (‘Special Purpose Police Detachment’) in Gomel/Homyel Gender: male |
In his command position over OMON forces in Gomel/Homyel, he is responsible for the repression and intimidation campaign led by OMON forces in Gomel/Homyel in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, in particular arbitrary arrests and ill-treatment of peaceful demonstrators. |
2.10.2020 |
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Maxim MIKHOVICH Maxim MIKHOVICH |
Максім МІХОВІЧ Максим МИХОВИЧ |
Position(s): Head of OMON (‘Special Purpose Police Detachment’) in Brest, Lieutenant Colonel Gender: male |
In his command position over OMON forces in Brest, he is responsible for the repression and intimidation campaign led by OMON forces in Brest in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, in particular arbitrary arrests and ill-treatment of peaceful demonstrators. |
2.10.2020 |
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Aleh Uladzimiravich MATKIN Oleg Vladimirovitch MATKIN |
Алег Уладзіміравіч МАТКІН Олег Владимирович МАТКИН |
Position(s): Head of the Penal Correction Department in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Major-General of Militia (police force) Gender: male |
In his position as Head of the Penal Correction Department that has authority over the detention facilities of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he is responsible for the inhumane and degrading treatment, including torture, inflicted on citizens detained in those detention facilities in the wake of the 2020 presidential election and for the general brutal crackdown on peaceful protesters. |
2.10.2020 |
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Ivan Yurievich SAKALOUSKI Ivan Yurievich SOKOLOVSKI |
Іван Юр’евіч САКАЛОЎСКІ Иван Юрьевич СОКОЛОВСКИЙ |
Position(s): Director of the Akrestina detention centre, Minsk Gender: male |
In his capacity as Director of the Akrestina detention centre in Minsk, he is responsible for the inhumane and degrading treatment, including torture, inflicted on citizens detained in that detention centre in the wake of the 2020 presidential election. |
2.10.2020 |
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Valeri Paulavich VAKULCHYK Valery Pavlovich VAKULCHIK |
Валерый Паўлавіч ВАКУЛЬЧЫК Валерий Павлович ВАКУЛЬЧИК |
Position(s): Former Chairman of the State Security Committee (KGB); Former State Secretary of the Security Council; Aide to the President of the Republic of Belarus – Inspector for the Brest Region/Oblast DOB: 19.6.1964 POB: Radostovo, former USSR (now Belarus) Gender: male |
In his former leadership position as Chairman of the State Security Committee (KGB), he was responsible for the participation of the KGB in the repression and intimidation campaign in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, in particular arbitrary arrests and ill-treatment, including torture, of peaceful demonstrators and opposition members. He remains active in the Lukashenka regime as Aide to the President of Belarus – Inspector for the Brest Region/Oblast. |
2.10.2020 |
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Siarhei Yaugenavich TSERABAU Sergey Evgenievich TEREBOV |
Сяргей Яўгенавіч ЦЕРАБАЎ Сергей Евгеньевич ТЕРЕБОВ |
Position(s): First Deputy Chairman of the State Security Committee (KGB) DOB: 1972 POB: Borisov/Barisaw, former USSR (now Belarus) Gender: male |
In his leadership position as First Deputy Chairman of the State Security Committee (KGB), he is responsible for the participation of the KGB in the repression and intimidation campaign in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, in particular arbitrary arrests and ill-treatment, including torture, of peaceful demonstrators and opposition members. |
2.10.2020 |
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Dzmitry Vasilievich RAVUTSKI Dmitry Vasilievich REUTSKY |
Дзмітрый Васільевіч РАВУЦКІ Дмитрий Васильевич РЕУЦКИЙ |
Position(s): Deputy Chairman of the State Security Committee (KGB) Gender: male |
In his leadership position as Deputy Chairman of the State Security Committee (KGB), he is responsible for the participation of the KGB in the repression and intimidation campaign in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, in particular arbitrary arrests and ill-treatment, including torture, of peaceful demonstrators and opposition members. |
2.10.2020 |
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Uladzimir Viktaravich KALACH Vladimir Viktorovich KALACH |
Уладзiмiр Вiктаравiч КАЛАЧ Владимир Викторович КАЛАЧ |
Position(s): Former Deputy Chairman of the State Security Committee (KGB) Aide to the President of the Republic of Belarus - Inspector for Minsk Region/Oblast Gender: male Rank: Major-General |
In his former leadership position as Deputy Chairman of the State Security Committee (KGB), he was responsible for the participation of the KGB in the repression and intimidation campaign in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, in particular arbitrary arrests and ill-treatment, including torture, of peaceful demonstrators and opposition members. He remains active in the Lukashenka regime as Aide to the President of the Republic of Belarus - Inspector for Minsk Region/Oblast. |
2.10.2020 |
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Alieg Anatolevich CHARNYSHOU Oleg Anatolievich CHERNYSHEV |
Алег Анатольевiч ЧАРНЫШОЎ Олег Анатольевич ЧЕРНЫШЁВ |
Position(s): Former Deputy Chairman of the State Security Committee (KGB) Deputy Chairman of the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences Gender: male Rank: Major-General |
In his former leadership position as Deputy Chairman of the State Security Committee (KGB), he was responsible for the participation of the KGB in the repression and intimidation campaign in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, in particular arbitrary arrests and ill-treatment, including torture, of peaceful demonstrators and opposition members. He remains active in the Lukashenka regime as Deputy Chairman of the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences. |
2.10.2020 |
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Aliaksandr Uladzimiravich KANYUK Alexander (Alexandr) Vladimirovich KONYUK |
Аляксандр Уладзіміравіч КАНЮК Александр Владимирович КОНЮК |
Position(s): Former Prosecutor General of the Republic of Belarus; Ambassador of the Republic of Belarus to Armenia DOB: 11.7.1960 POB: Grodno/Hrodna, former USSR (now Belarus) Gender: male |
In his former position as Prosecutor General, he was responsible for the widespread use of criminal proceedings to disqualify opposition candidates ahead of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent persons from joining the Coordination Council launched by the opposition to challenge the outcome of that election. He remains active in the Lukashenka regime as the ambassador of Belarus to Armenia. |
2.10.2020 |
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Lidzia Mihailauna YARMOSHINA Lidia Mikhailovna YERMOSHINA |
Лiдзiя Мiхайлаўна ЯРМОШЫНА Лидия Михайловна ЕРМОШИНА |
Position(s): Former Chairwoman of the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) DOB: 29.1.1953 POB: Slutsk, former USSR (now Belarus) Gender: female |
In her former position as Chairwoman of the Central Electoral Commission (CEC), she was responsible for its misconduct of the 2020 presidential electoral process, its non-compliance with basic international standards of fairness and transparency, and its falsification of election results. The CEC and its leadership have, in particular, organised the dismissal of certain opposition candidates on spurious grounds and placed disproportionate restrictions on observers in polling stations. The CEC has also ensured that the election commissions under its supervision are composed in a biased manner. |
2.10.2020 |
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Vadzim Dzmitryevich IPATAU Vadim Dmitrievich IPATOV |
Вадзім Дзмітрыевіч ІПАТАЎ Вадим Дмитриевич ИПАТОВ |
Position(s): Deputy Chairman of the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) DOB: 30.10.1964 POB: Kolomyia, Ivano-Frankivsk Region/Oblast, former USSR (now Ukraine) Gender: male |
As Deputy Chairman of the CEC, he is responsible for its misconduct of the 2020 presidential electoral process, its non-compliance with basic international standards of fairness and transparency and its falsification of election results. The CEC and its leadership have, in particular, organised the dismissal of certain opposition candidates on spurious grounds and placed disproportionate restrictions on observers in polling stations. The CEC has also ensured that the election commissions under its supervision are composed in a biased manner. |
2.10.2020 |
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Alena Mikalaeuna DMUHAILA Elena Nikolaevna DMUHAILO |
Алена Мiкалаеўна ДМУХАЙЛА Елена Николаевна ДМУХАЙЛО |
Position(s): Former Secretary of the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) DOB: 1.7.1971 Gender: female |
In her former position as Secretary of the CEC, she was responsible for its misconduct of the 2020 presidential electoral process, its non-compliance with basic international standards of fairness and transparency and its falsification of election results. The CEC and its leadership have, in particular, organised the dismissal of certain opposition candidates on spurious grounds and placed disproportionate restrictions on observers in polling stations. The CEC has also ensured that the election commissions under its supervision are composed in a biased manner. |
2.10.2020 |
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Andrei Anatolievich GURZHY Andrey Anatolievich GURZHIY |
Андрэй Анатольевіч ГУРЖЫ Андрей Анатольевич ГУРЖИЙ |
Position(s): Member of the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) DOB: 10.10.1975 Gender: male |
As a member of the CEC college, he is responsible for its misconduct of the 2020 presidential electoral process, its non-compliance with basic international standards of fairness and transparency and its falsification of election results. The CEC and its college have, in particular, organised the dismissal of certain opposition candidates on spurious grounds and placed disproportionate restrictions on observers in polling stations. The CEC has also ensured that the election commissions under its supervision are composed in a biased manner. |
2.10.2020 |
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Volga Leanidauna DARASHENKA Olga Leonidovna DOROSHENKO |
Вольга Леанідаўна ДАРАШЭНКА Ольга Леонидовна ДОРОШЕНКО |
Position(s): Member of the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) DOB: 1976 Gender: female |
As a member of the CEC college, she is responsible for its misconduct of the 2020 presidential electoral process, its non-compliance with basic international standards of fairness and transparency and its falsification of election results. The CEC and its college have, in particular, organised the dismissal of certain opposition candidates on spurious grounds and placed disproportionate restrictions on observers in polling stations. The CEC has also ensured that the election commissions under its supervision are composed in a biased manner. |
2.10.2020 |
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Siarhei Aliakseevich KALINOUSKI Sergey Alexeyevich KALINOVSKIY |
Сяргей Аляксеевіч КАЛІНОЎСКІ Сергей Алексеевич КАЛИНОВСКИЙ |
Position(s): Member of the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) DOB: 3.1.1969 Gender: male |
As a member of the CEC college, he is responsible for its misconduct of the 2020 presidential electoral, its non-compliance with basic international standards of fairness and transparency and its falsification of election results. The CEC and its college have, in particular, organised the dismissal of certain opposition candidates on spurious grounds and placed disproportionate restrictions on observers in polling stations. The CEC has also ensured that the election commissions under its supervision are composed in a biased manner. |
2.10.2020 |
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Sviatlana Piatrouna KATSUBA Svetlana Petrovna KATSUBO |
Святлана Пятроўна КАЦУБА Светлана Петровна КАЦУБО |
Position(s): Chair of Social Humanities and Legal Disciplines at Gomel/Homyel State Technical University, former Member of the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) DOB: 6.8.1959 POB: Podilsk, Odessa Region/Oblast, former USSR (now Ukraine) Gender: female |
In her former position as a member of the CEC college, she was responsible for its misconduct in the 2020 presidential electoral process, its non-compliance with basic international standards of fairness and transparency and its falsification of election results. The CEC and its college have, in particular, organised the dismissal of certain opposition candidates on spurious grounds and placed disproportionate restrictions on observers in polling stations. The CEC has also ensured that the election commissions under its supervision are composed in a biased manner. She remains active in the Lukashenka regime as the Chair of Social Humanities and Legal Disciplines at Gomel/Homyel State Technical University. |
2.10.2020 |
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Aliaksandr Mikhailavich LASYAKIN Alexander (Alexandr) Mikhailovich LOSYAKIN |
Аляксандр Міхайлавіч ЛАСЯКІН Александр Михайлович ЛОСЯКИН |
Position(s): Member of the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) DOB: 21.7.1957 Gender: male |
As a member of the CEC college, he is responsible for its misconduct of the 2020 presidential electoral process, its non-compliance with basic international standards of fairness and transparency and its falsification of election results. The CEC and its college have, in particular, organised the dismissal of certain opposition candidates on spurious grounds and placed disproportionate restrictions on observers in polling stations. The CEC has also ensured that the election commissions under its supervision are composed in a biased manner. |
2.10.2020 |
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Igar Anatolievich PLYSHEUSKI Ihor Anatolievich PLYSHEVSKIY |
Iгар Анатольевiч ПЛЫШЭЎСКI Игорь Анатольевич ПЛЫШЕВСКИЙ |
Position(s): Managing Director of OOO Bergia Group, former Member of the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) DOB: 19.2.1979 POB: Lyuban, former USSR (now Belarus) Gender: male |
In his former position as a member of the CEC college, he was responsible for its misconduct in the 2020 presidential electoral process, its non-compliance with basic international standards of fairness and transparency and its falsification of election results. The CEC and its college have, in particular, organised the dismissal of certain opposition candidates on spurious grounds and placed disproportionate restrictions on observers in polling stations. The CEC has also ensured that the election commissions under its supervision are composed in a biased manner. He remains active in the Lukashenka regime as the Managing Director of OOO Bergia Group. |
2.10.2020 |
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Marina Yureuna RAKHMANAVA Marina Yurievna RAKHMANOVA |
Марына Юр’еўна РАХМАНАВА Марина Юрьевна РАХМАНОВА |
Position(s): Former Member of the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) DOB: 26.9.1970 Gender: female |
In her former position as a member of the CEC college, she was responsible for its misconduct of the 2020 presidential electoral process, its non-compliance with basic international standards of fairness and transparency and its falsification of election results. The CEC and its college have, in particular, organised the dismissal of certain opposition candidates on spurious grounds and placed disproportionate restrictions on observers in polling stations. The CEC has also ensured that the election commissions under its supervision are composed in a biased manner. |
2.10.2020 |
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Aleh Leanidavich SLIZHEUSKI Oleg Leonidovich SLIZHEVSKI |
Алег Леанiдавiч СЛIЖЭЎСКI Олег Леонидович СЛИЖЕВСКИЙ |
Position(s): Head of the Legal Support Department of the Permanent Committee of the Union State of Belarus and Russia, former Member of the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) DOB: 16.8.1972 POB: Grodno/Hrodna, former USSR (now Belarus) Gender: male |
In his former position as a member of the CEC college, he was responsible for its misconduct in the 2020 presidential electoral process, its non-compliance with basic international standards of fairness and transparency and its falsification of election results. The CEC and its college have, in particular, organised the dismissal of certain opposition candidates on spurious grounds and placed disproportionate restrictions on observers in polling stations. The CEC has also ensured that the election commissions under its supervision are composed in a biased manner. He remains active in the Lukashenka regime as head of the Legal Support Department of the Permanent Committee of the Union State of Belarus and Russia. |
2.10.2020 |
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Irina Aliaksandrauna TSELIKAVETS Irina Alexandrovna TSELIKOVEC |
Iрына Аляксандраўна ЦЭЛIКАВЕЦ Ирина Александровна ЦЕЛИКОВЕЦ |
Position(s): Former Member of the Central Electoral Commission (CEC) DOB: 2.11.1976 POB: Zhlobin, former USSR (now Belarus) Gender: female |
In her former position as a member of the CEC college, she was responsible for its misconduct in the 2020 presidential electoral process, its non-compliance with basic international standards of fairness and transparency and its falsification of election results. The CEC and its college have, in particular, organised the dismissal of certain opposition candidates on spurious grounds and placed disproportionate restrictions on observers in polling stations. The CEC has also ensured that the election commissions under its supervision are composed in a biased manner. |
2.10.2020 |
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Aliaksandr Ryhoravich LUKASHENKA Alexander (Alexandr) Grigorievich LUKASHENKO |
Аляксандр Рыгоравіч ЛУКАШЭНКА Александр Григорьевич ЛУКАШЕНКО |
Position(s): President of the Republic of Belarus DOB: 30.8.1954 POB: Kopys settlement, Vitebsk/Viciebsk Region/Oblast, former USSR (now Belarus) Gender: male |
As President of Belarus with authority over State bodies, he is responsible for the violent repression by the State apparatus carried out before and after the 2020 presidential election, in particular the dismissal of key opposition candidates, arbitrary arrests and ill-treatment of peaceful demonstrators as well as intimidation and violence against journalists. |
6.11.2020 |
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Viktar Aliaksandravich LUKASHENKA Viktor Aleksandrovich LUKASHENKO |
Вiктар Аляксандравiч ЛУКАШЭНКА Виктор Александрович ЛУКАШЕНКО |
Position(s): Former National Security Advisor to the President, Member of the Security Council President of the National Olympic Committee of Belarus DOB: 28.11.1975 POB: Mahiliou/Mogilev, former USSR (now Belarus) Gender: male Personal ID: 3281175A014PB8 |
In his former position as National Security Advisor to the President and a Member of the Security Council, as well as his informal supervisory position over Belarus security forces, he has been responsible for the repression and intimidation campaign led by the State apparatus in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, in particular arbitrary arrests and ill-treatment, including torture, of peaceful demonstrators as well as intimidation and violence against journalists. He remains active in the Lukashenka regime as the President of the National Olympic Committee. In this position, to which he was appointed on 26 February 2021, he bears responsibility for the mistreatment by the NOC officials of athlete Krystsina Tsimanouskaya during the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. |
6.11.2020 |
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Ihar Piatrovich SERGYAENKA Igor Petrovich SERGEENKO |
Ігар Пятровіч СЕРГЯЕНКА Игорь Петрович СЕРГЕЕНКО |
Position(s): Chief of Staff of the Presidential Administration DOB: 14.1.1963 POB: Stolitsa village in Vitebsk/Viciebsk Region/Oblast, former USSR (now Belarus) Gender: male |
In his position as the Chief of Staff of the Presidential Administration, he is closely associated with the President and responsible for ensuring the implementation of presidential powers in the field of domestic and foreign policy. He is therefore supporting the Lukashenka regime, including in the repression and intimidation campaign led by the State apparatus in the wake of the 2020 presidential election. |
6.11.2020 |
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Ivan Stanislavavich TERTEL Ivan Stanislavovich TERTEL |
Іван Станіслававіч ТЭРТЭЛЬ Иван Станиславович ТЕРТЕЛЬ |
Position(s): Chairman of the State Security Committee (KGB), former Chairman of the State Control Committee DOB: 8.9.1966 POB: village Privalka/Privalki in Grodno/Hrodna Region/Oblast, former USSR (now Belarus) Gender: male |
In his leadership position as the Chairman of the State Security Committee (KGB) and in his former position as the Chairman of the State Control Committee, he is responsible for the repression and intimidation campaign led by the State apparatus in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, in particular arbitrary arrests and ill-treatment, including torture, of peaceful demonstrators as well as intimidation and violence against journalists. |
6.11.2020 |
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Raman Ivanavich MELNIK Roman Ivanovich MELNIK |
Раман Iванавiч МЕЛЬНIК Роман Иванович МЕЛЬНИК |
Position(s): Former Head of the Main Directorate of Law and Order Protection and Prevention at the Ministry of Internal Affairs Head of the Administration of the Leninsky District of Minsk DOB: 29.5.1964 Gender: male |
In his former leadership position as the Head of the Main Directorate of Law and Order Protection and Prevention at the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he was responsible for the repression and intimidation campaign led by the State apparatus in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, in particular arbitrary arrests and ill-treatment, including torture, of peaceful demonstrators as well as intimidation and violence against journalists. He remains active in the Lukashenka regime as Head of the Administration of the Leninsky District of Minsk. |
6.11.2020 |
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Ivan Danilavich NASKEVICH Ivan Danilovich NOSKEVICH |
Iван Данiлавiч НАСКЕВIЧ Иван Данилович НОСКЕВИЧ |
Position(s): Former Chairman of the Investigative Committee Member of the reserve of the Investigative Committee DOB: 25.3.1970 POB: village of Cierabličy in Brest Region/Oblast, former USSR (now Belarus) Gender: male |
In his former leadership position as the Chairman of the Investigative Committee, he was responsible for the repression and intimidation campaign led by that Committee in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, in particular investigations launched against the Coordination Council and peaceful demonstrators. He remains active in the Lukashenka regime as a member of the reserve of the Investigative Committee. |
6.11.2020 |
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Aliaksey Aliaksandravich VOLKAU Alexei Alexandrovich VOLKOV |
Аляксей Аляксандравіч ВОЛКАЎ Алексей Александрович ВОЛКОВ |
Position(s): Former First Deputy Chairman of the Investigative Committee; currently Chairman of the State Committee for Forensic Expertise DOB: 7.9.1973 POB: Minsk, former USSR (now Belarus) Gender: male |
In his former leadership position as the First Deputy Chairman of the Investigative Committee, he is responsible for the repression and intimidation campaign led by the Committee in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, in particular investigations launched against the Coordination Council and peaceful demonstrators. |
6.11.2020 |
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Siarhei Yakaulevich AZEMSHA Sergei Yakovlevich AZEMSHA |
Сяргей Якаўлевіч АЗЕМША Сергей Яковлевич АЗЕМША |
Position(s): Deputy Chairman of the Investigative Committee DOB: 17.7.1974 POB: Rechitsa, Gomel/Homyel Region/Oblast, former USSR (now Belarus) Gender: male |
In his leadership position as the Deputy Chairman of the Investigative Committee, he is responsible for the repression and intimidation campaign led by the Committee in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, in particular investigations launched against the Coordination Council and peaceful demonstrators. |
6.11.2020 |
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Andrei Fiodaravich SMAL Andrei Fyodorovich SMAL |
Андрэй Фёдаравiч СМАЛЬ Андрей Федорович СМАЛЬ |
Position(s): Former Deputy Chairman of the Investigative Committee DOB: 1.8.1973 POB: Brest, former USSR (now Belarus) Gender: male |
In his former leadership position as the Deputy Chairman of the Investigative Committee, he was responsible for the repression and intimidation campaign led by the Committee in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, in particular investigations launched against the Coordination Council and peaceful demonstrators. |
6.11.2020 |
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Andrei Yurevich PAULIUCHENKA Andrei Yurevich PAVLYUCHENKO |
Андрэй Юр’евіч ПАЎЛЮЧЕНКА Андрей Юрьевич ПАВЛЮЧЕНКО |
Position(s): Head of Operational-Analytical Center DOB: 1.8.1971 Gender: male |
In his leadership position as the Head of Operational-Analytical Center, he is closely associated with the President and responsible for the repression of civil society, in particular interrupting connection to telecommunication networks as a tool of repression of civil society, peaceful demonstrators and journalists. |
6.11.2020 |
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Ihar Ivanavich BUZOUSKI Igor Ivanovich BUZOVSKI |
Ігар Іванавіч БУЗОЎСКІ Игорь Иванович БУЗОВСКИЙ |
Position(s): Deputy Minister of Information DOB: 10.7.1972 POB: village of Koshelevo, Grodno/Hrodna Region/Oblast, former USSR (now Belarus) Gender: male |
In his leadership position as Deputy Minister of Information, he is responsible for the repression of civil society, in particular the Ministry of Information decision to cut off access to independent websites and limit internet access in Belarus in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, as a tool of repression of civil society, peaceful demonstrators and journalists. |
6.11.2020 |
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Natallia Mikalaeuna EISMANT Natalia Nikolayevna EISMONT |
Наталля Мікалаеўна ЭЙСМАНТ Наталья Николаевна ЭЙСМОНТ |
Position(s): Press Secretary of the President of Belarus DOB: 16.2.1984 POB: Minsk, former USSR (now Belarus) Maiden name: Kirsanova (Russian spelling: Кирсанова) or Selyun (Russian spelling: Селюн) Gender: female |
In her position as Press Secretary of the President of Belarus, she is closely associated with the President and responsible for coordinating media activities of the President, including drafting statements and organising public appearances. She is therefores supporting the Lukashenka regime, including in the repression and intimidation campaign led by the State apparatus in the wake of the 2020 presidential election. In particular, with her public statements defending the President and criticising opposition activists as well as the peaceful protesters, made in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, she contributed to seriously undermining democracy and the rule of law in Belarus. |
6.11.2020 |
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Siarhei Yaugenavich ZUBKOU Sergei Yevgenevich ZUBKOV |
Сяргей Яўгенавіч ЗУБКОЎ Сергей Евгеньевич ЗУБКОВ |
Position(s): ALFA Unit Commander DOB: 21.8.1975 Gender: male |
In his commanding position over ALFA Unit forces, he is responsible for the repression and intimidation campaign carried out by those forces in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, in particular arbitrary arrests and ill-treatment, including torture, of peaceful demonstrators as well as intimidation and violence against journalists. |
6.11.2020 |
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Andrei Aliakseevich RAUKOU Andrei Alexeyevich RAVKOV |
Андрэй Аляксеевіч РАЎКОЎ Андрей Алексеевич РАВКОВ |
Position(s): Former State Secretary of the Security Council Ambassador of the Republic of Belarus to Azerbaijan DOB: 25.6.1967 POB: village of Revyaki, Vitebsk/Viciebsk Region/Oblast, former USSR (now Belarus) Gender: male |
In his former position as State Secretary of the Security Council, he has been closely associated with the President and responsible for the repression and intimidation campaign carried out by the State apparatus in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, in particular arbitrary arrests and ill-treatment, including torture, of peaceful demonstrators as well as intimidation and violence against journalists. He remains active in the Lukashenka regime as the ambassador of Belarus to Azerbaijan. |
6.11.2020 |
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Pyotr Piatrovich MIKLASHEVICH Petr Petrovich MIKLASHEVICH |
Пётр Пятровіч МІКЛАШЭВІЧ Петр Петрович МИКЛАШЕВИЧ |
Position(s): Chairman of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Belarus DOB: 18.10.1954 POB: Minsk Region/Oblast, former USSR (now Belarus) Gender: male |
As the chairman of the Constitutional Court, he is responsible for the Constitutional Court’s decision adopted on 25 August 2020, by which the results of the fraudulent elections were legitimised. He has therefore supported and facilitated actions of repression and intimidation campaign by the State apparatus against peaceful protestors and journalists and is therefore responsible for seriously undermining democracy and the rule of law in Belarus. |
6.11.2020 |
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Anatol Aliaksandravich SIVAK Anatoli Alexandrovich SIVAK |
Анатоль Аляксандравіч СІВАК Анатолий Александрович СИВАК |
Position(s): Deputy Prime Minister; former Chairman of the Minsk City Executive Committee DOB: 19.7.1962 POB: Zavoit, Narovlya District, Gomel/Homyel Region/Oblast, former USSR (now Belarus) Gender: male |
In his former leadership capacity as Chairman of the Minsk City Executive Committee, he was responsible for the repression and intimidation campaign run by the local apparatus in Minsk under his oversight in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, in particular arbitrary arrests and ill-treatment, including torture, of peaceful demonstrators as well as intimidation and violence against journalists. He made numerous public statements criticising peaceful protests taking place in Belarus. In his current leadership position as Deputy Prime Minister he continues to support the Lukashenka regime. |
17.12.2020 |
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Ivan Mikhailavich EISMANT Ivan Mikhailovich EISMONT |
Іван Міхайлавіч ЭЙСМАНТ Иван Михайлович ЭЙСМОНТ |
Position(s): Chairman of the Belarusian State Television and Radio Company, Head of Belteleradio Company DOB: 20.1.1977 POB: Grodno/Hrodna, former USSR (now Belarus) Gender: male |
In his current position as Head of the Belarusian State Television and Radio Company, he is responsible for the dissemination of state propaganda in public media and continues to support the Lukashenka regime. This includes using media channels to support the President’s continuation of his term in office, despite the fraudulent presidential elections that took place on 9 August 2020, and the subsequent and repeated violent crackdown on peaceful and legitimate protests. Eismont made public statements criticising the peaceful protesters and refused to provide media coverage of the protests. He also fired striking employees of Belteleradio Company under his management, thereby making him responsible for human rights violations. |
17.12.2020 |
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Uladzimir Stsiapanavich KARANIK Vladimir Stepanovich KARANIK |
Уладзімір Сцяпанавіч КАРАНІК Владимир Степанович КАРАНИК |
Position(s): Governor of the Grodno/Hrodna Region/Oblast; former Minister of Healthcare DOB: 30.11.1973 POB: Grodno/Hrodna, former USSR (now Belarus) Gender: male |
In his former leadership capacity as the Minister of Healthcare, he was responsible for the use of healthcare services to repress peaceful protesters, including using ambulances to transport protesters in need of medical assistance to isolation wards rather than to hospitals. He made numerous public statements criticising the peaceful protests taking place in Belarus, on one occasion accusing a protester of being intoxicated. In his current leadership position as the Governor of the Grodno/Hrodna Region/Oblast he continues to support the Lukashenka regime. |
17.12.2020 |
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Natallia Ivanauna KACHANAVA Natalia Ivanovna KOCHANOVA |
Наталля Іванаўна КАЧАНАВА Наталья Ивановна КОЧАНОВА |
Position(s): Chair of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of Belarus DOB: 25.9.1960 POB: Polotsk, Vitebsk/Viciebsk Region/Oblast, former USSR (now Belarus) Gender: female |
In her current leadership position as Chair of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of Belarus, she is responsible for supporting the decisions of the President in the field of domestic policy. She is also responsible for organising the fraudulent elections that took place on 9 August 2020. She made public statements defending the brutal crackdown of the security apparatus on peaceful demonstrators. |
17.12.2020 |
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Pavel Mikalaevich LIOHKI Pavel Nikolaevich LIOHKI |
Павел Мiкалаевiч ЛЁГКI Павел Николаевич ЛЁГКИЙ |
Position(s): minister counsellor at the Belarusian embassy in Moscow, Russia, Former First Deputy Minister of Information DOB: 30.5.1972 POB: Baranavichy, former USSR (now Belarus) Gender: male |
In his former leadership position as First Deputy Minister of Information, he is responsible for the repression of civil society, and in particular the Ministry of Information decision to cut off access to independent websites and limit internet access in Belarus in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, as a tool of repression of civil society, peaceful demonstrators and journalists. He remains active in the Lukashenka regime as a minister counsellor at the Belarusian embassy in Moscow, Russia. |
17.12.2020 |
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Ihar Uladzimiravich LUTSKY Igor Vladimirovich LUTSKY |
Iгар Уладзiмiравiч ЛУЦКI Игорь Владимирович ЛУЦКИЙ |
Position(s): Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration, former Minister of Information DOB: 31.10.1972 POB: Stolin, Brest Region/Oblast, former USSR (now Belarus) Gender: male |
In his former leadership position as Minister of Information, he was responsible for the repression of civil society, and in particular the Ministry of Information decision to cut off access to independent websites and limit internet access in Belarus in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, as a tool of repression of civil society, peaceful demonstrators and journalists. He remains active in the Lukashenka regime as Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration. |
17.12.2020 |
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Andrei Ivanavich SHVED Andrei Ivanovich SHVED |
Андрэй Іванавіч ШВЕД Андрей Иванович ШВЕД |
Position(s): Prosecutor General of the Republic of Belarus DOB: 21.4.1973 POB: Glushkovichi, Gomel/Homyel Region/Oblast, former USSR (now Belarus) Gender: male |
In his position as Prosecutor General, he is responsible for the ongoing repression of civil society and democratic opposition, and in particular the launching of numerous criminal proceedings against peaceful demonstrators, opposition leaders and journalists in the wake of the 2020 presidential elections. He also made public statements threatening participants in ‘unauthorised rallies’ with punishment. |
17.12.2020 |
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Genadz Andreevich BOGDAN Gennady Andreievich BOGDAN |
Генадзь Андрэевiч БОГДАН Геннадий Андреевич БОГДАН |
Position(s): Former Deputy Head of the Belarus President Property Management Directorate DOB: 8.1.1977 Gender: male |
In his former position of Deputy Head of the Belarus President Property Management Directorate, he oversees the functioning of numerous enterprises. The body under his leadership provides financial, material and technical, social, household and medical support to the State apparatus and republican authorities. He is closely associated with the President and continues to support the Lukashenka regime. |
17.12.2020 |
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Ihar Paulavich BURMISTRAU Igor Pavlovich BURMISTROV |
Iгар Паўлавiч БУРМIСТРАЎ Игорь Павлович БУРМИСТРОВ |
Position(s): Former Chief of Staff and First Deputy Commander of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs DOB: 30.9.1968 Gender: male |
In his former leadership position as First Deputy Commander of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he was responsible for the repression and intimidation campaign led by the Internal Troops under his command in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, in particular arbitrary arrests and ill-treatment, including torture, of peaceful demonstrators as well as intimidation and violence against journalists. He was passed to the military reserve. He has the right to wear military uniform and insignia. |
17.12.2020 |
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Arciom Kanstantinavich DUNKA Artem Konstantinovich DUNKO |
Арцём Канстанцiнавiч ДУНЬКА Артем Константинович ДУНЬКО |
Position(s): Deputy Head of the Vitebsk/Viciebsk Region/Oblast Office of the Department of Financial Investigations of the State Control Committee, former Senior Inspector for Special Matters of the Department of Financial Investigations of the State Control Committee DOB: 8.6.1990 Gender: male |
In his former leadership position as Senior Inspector for Special Matters of the Department of Financial Investigations of the State Control Committee, he was responsible for the repression and intimidation campaign led by the State apparatus in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, in particular investigations launched into opposition leaders and activists. He remains active in the Lukashenka regime as the Deputy Head of the Vitebsk/Viciebsk Region/Oblast Office of the Department of Financial Investigations of the State Control Committee. |
17.12.2020 |
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Aleh Heorhievich KARAZIEI Oleg Georgievich KARAZEI |
Алег Георгiевiч КАРАЗЕЙ Олег Георгиевич КАРАЗЕЙ |
Position(s): Former Head of the Prevention Department of the Main Department of Law Enforcement and Prevention of the Public Security Police of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Associate professor at the Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs DOB: 1.1.1979 POB: Minsk Region/Oblast, former USSR (now Belarus) Gender: male |
In his former leadership position as Head of the Prevention Department of the Main Department of Law Enforcement and Prevention of the Public Security Police of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he was responsible for the repression and intimidation campaign led by the police forces in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, in particular arbitrary arrests and ill-treatment, including torture, of peaceful demonstrators as well as intimidation and violence against journalists. He remains active in the Lukashenka regime as associate professor at the Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. |
17.12.2020 |
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Dzmitry Aliaksandravich KURYAN Dmitry Alexandrovich KURYAN |
Дзмiтрый Аляксандравiч КУРЬЯН Дмитрий Александрович КУРЬЯН |
Position(s): Deputy Head of the public militia of the Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Police Colonel, former Deputy Head of the Main Department and Head of the Department of Law Enforcement in the Ministry of Internal Affairs DOB: 3.10.1974 Gender: male |
In his former leadership position as Deputy Head of the Main Department and Head of the Department of Law Enforcement in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he was responsible for the repression and intimidation campaign led by the police forces in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, in particular arbitrary arrests and ill-treatment, including torture, of peaceful demonstrators as well as intimidation and violence against journalists. He remains active in the Lukashenka regime as the Deputy Head of the public militia of the Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and retains the rank of Police Colonel. |
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Aliaksandr Henrykavich TURCHIN Alexander (Alexandr) Henrihovich TURCHIN |
Аляксандр Генрыхавіч ТУРЧЫН Александр Генрихович ТУРЧИН |
Position(s): Chairman of Minsk Regional Executive Committee DOB: 2.7.1975 POB: Novogrudok, Grodno/Hrodna Region/Oblast, former USSR (now Belarus) Gender: male |
In his position as the Chairman of Minsk Regional Executive Committee, he is responsible for overseeing local administration, including a number of committees. He is therefore supporting the Lukashenka regime. |
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Dzmitry Mikalaevich SHUMILIN Dmitry Nikolayevich SHUMILIN |
Дзмiтрый Мiкалаевiч ШУМIЛIН Дмитрий Николаевич ШУМИЛИН |
Position(s): Deputy Head of the Directorate for the Protection of Law and Order and Prevention, former Deputy Head of the department for mass events of the GUVD (Main Department of Internal Affairs) of the Minsk City Executive Committee DOB: 26.7.1977 Gender: male |
In his former position as Deputy Head of the department for mass events of the GUVD of the Minsk City Executive Committee, he was responsible for the repression and intimidation campaign led by the local apparatus in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, in particular arbitrary arrests and ill-treatment, including torture, of peaceful demonstrators as well as intimidation and violence against journalists. He was documented as personally taking part in the unlawful detention of peaceful protesters. He remains active in the Lukashenka regime as Deputy Head of the Directorate for the Protection of Law and Order and Prevention of the GUVD (Main Department of Internal Affairs) of the Minsk City Executive Committee. |
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Vital Ivanavich STASIUKEVICH Vitalyi Ivanovich STASIUKEVICH |
Віталь Іванавіч СТАСЮКЕВІЧ Виталий Иванович СТАСЮКЕВИЧ |
Position(s): Deputy Chief of the Public Security Police in Grodno/Hrodna DOB: 5.3.1976 POB: Grodno/Hrodna, former USSR (now Belarus) Gender: male |
In his position as Deputy Chief of the Public Security Police in Grodno/Hrodna, he is responsible for the repression and intimidation campaign led by the local police force under his command in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, in particular arbitrary arrests and ill-treatment, including torture, of peaceful demonstrators as well as intimidation and violence against journalists. According to witnesses, he personally supervised the unlawful detention of peaceful protesters. |
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Siarhei Leanidavich KALINNIK Sergei Leonidovich KALINNIK |
Сяргей Леанiдавiч КАЛИННИК Сергей Леонидович КАЛИННИК |
Position(s): Deputy Head of Criminal Police in the Main Internal Affairs Directorate of the Minsk City Executive Committee, former Police Colonel, Chief of the Sovetsky District Police Department of Minsk DOB: 23.7.1979 Gender: male |
In his former position as Chief of the Sovetsky District Police Department of Minsk, he was responsible for the repression and intimidation campaign led by the local police force under his command in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, in particular arbitrary arrests and ill-treatment, including torture, of peaceful demonstrators as well as intimidation and violence against journalists. According to witnesses, he personally supervised and took part in torturing unlawfully detained protesters. He remains active in the Lukashenka regime as the Deputy Head of Criminal Police in the Main Internal Affairs Directorate of the Minsk City Executive. Committee. |
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Vadzim Siarhaevich PRYGARA Vadim Sergeyevich PRIGARA |
Вадзім Сяргеевіч ПРЫГАРА Вадим Сергеевич ПРИГАРА |
Position(s): Police Lieutenant Colonel, Head of the District Police Department in Molodechno DOB: 31.10.1980 Gender: male |
In his position as Head of the District Police Department in Molodechno, he is responsible for the repression and intimidation campaign led by the local police force under his command in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, in particular arbitrary arrests and ill-treatment, including torture, of peaceful demonstrators as well as intimidation and violence against journalists. According to witnesses, he personally supervised beatings of unlawfully detained protesters. He also made numerous derogatory statements about the protesters to the media. |
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Viktar Ivanavich STANISLAUCHYK Viktor Ivanovich STANISLAVCHIK |
Вiктар Iванавiч СТАНIСЛАЎЧЫК Виктор Иванович СТАНИСЛАВЧИК |
Position(s): Former Deputy Head of the Police Department of the Sovetsky District of Minsk, Head of the Public Security Police First Deputy Head of the Centre of Advanced Studies and Specialists of the Ministry of Internal Affairs DOB: 27.1.1971 Gender: male |
In his former position as Deputy Head of the Police Department of the Sovetsky District of Minsk and Head of the Public Security Police, he was responsible for the repression and intimidation campaign led by the local police force under his command in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, in particular arbitrary arrests and ill-treatment, including torture, of peaceful demonstrators as well as intimidation and violence against journalists. According to witnesses, he personally supervised the detention of peaceful protesters and beatings of those unlawfully detained. He remains active in the Lukashenka regime as the First Deputy Head of the Centre of Advanced Studies and Specialists of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. |
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Aliaksandr Aliaksandravich PIETRASH Alexander (Alexandr) Alexandrovich PETRASH |
Аляксандр Аляксандравiч ПЕТРАШ Александр Александрович ПЕТРАШ |
Position(s): Chairman of the Tsentralny District Court in Minsk, former Chairman of the Moskovski district court in Minsk DOB: 16.5.1988 Gender: male |
In his former position as chairman of the Moskovski district court in Minsk, he was responsible for numerous politically motivated rulings against journalists, opposition leaders, activists and protesters. Violations of rights of defence and reliance on statements from false witnesses were reported during trials conducted under his supervision. He was instrumental in fining and detaining protesters, journalists and opposition leaders in the wake of the 2020 presidential election. He is therefore responsible for human rights violations and undermining the rule of law, as well as for contributing to the repression of civil society and democratic opposition. He remains active in the Lukashenka regime as chairman of the Tsentralny District Court in Minsk. |
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Andrei Aliaksandravich LAHUNOVICH Andrei Alexandrovich LAHUNOVICH |
Андрэй Аляксандравіч ЛАГУНОВІЧ Андрей Александрович ЛАГУНОВИЧ |
Position(s): Judge of the Sovetsky district court in Gomel/Homyel Gender: male |
In his position as judge of the Sovetsky district court in Gomel/Homyel, he is responsible for numerous politically motivated rulings against journalists, activists and protesters. Violations of rights of defence were reported during trials conducted under his supervision. He is therefore responsible for human rights violations and undermining the rule of law, as well as for contributing to the repression of civil society and democratic opposition. |
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Alena Vasileuna LITVINA Elena Vasilevna LITVINA |
Алена Васільеўна ЛІТВІНА Елена Васильевна ЛИТВИНА |
Position(s): Judge of the Leninsky district court in Mogilev/Mahiliou Gender: female |
In her position as judge of the Leninsky district court in Mogilev/Mahiliou, she is responsible for numerous politically motivated rulings against journalists, opposition leaders, activists and protesters, in particular the sentencing of Siarhei Tsikhanousky – opposition activist and husband of presidential candidate Svetlana Tsikhanouskaya. Violations of rights of defence were reported during trials conducted under her supervision. She is therefore responsible for human rights violations and undermining the rule of law, as well as for contributing to the repression of civil society and democratic opposition. |
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Victoria Valeryeuna SHABUNYA Victoria Valerevna SHABUNYA |
Вікторыя Валер’еўна ШАБУНЯ Виктория Валерьевна ШАБУНЯ |
Position(s): Judge of the Central district court in Minsk DOB: 27.2.1974 Gender: female |
In her position as judge of the Central district court in Minsk, she is responsible for numerous politically motivated rulings against journalists, opposition leaders, activists and protesters, in particular the sentencing of Sergei Dylevsky – Coordination Council member and leader of a strike committee. Violations of rights of defence were reported during trials conducted under her supervision. She is therefore responsible for human rights violations and undermining the rule of law, as well as for contributing to the repression of civil society and democratic opposition. |
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Alena Aliaksandravna ZHYVITSA Elena Alexandrovna ZHYVITSA |
Алена Аляксандравна ЖЫВІЦА Елена Александровна ЖИВИЦА |
Position(s): Judge of the Oktyabrsky district court in Minsk DOB: 9.4.1990 Gender: female |
In her position as judge of the Oktyabrsky district court in Minsk, she is responsible for numerous politically motivated rulings against journalists, opposition leaders, activists and protesters. Violations of rights of defence were reported during trials conducted under her supervision. She is therefore responsible for human rights violations and undermining the rule of law, as well as for contributing to the repression of civil society and democratic opposition. |
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Natallia Anatolievna DZIADKOVA Natalia Anatolievna DEDKOVA |
Наталля Анатольеўна ДЗЯДКОВА Наталья Анатольевна ДЕДКОВА |
Position(s): Judge of the Partizanski district court in Minsk DOB: 2.12.1979 Gender: female |
In her position as judge of the Partizanski district court in Minsk, she is responsible for numerous politically motivated rulings against journalists, opposition leaders, activists and protesters, in particular the sentencing of Coordination Council leader Mariya Kalesnikava. Violations of rights of defence were reported during trials conducted under her supervision. She is therefore responsible for human rights violations and undermining the rule of law, as well as for contributing to the repression of civil society and democratic opposition. |
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Maryna Arkadzeuna FIODARAVA Marina Arkadievna FEDOROVA |
Марына Аркадзьеўна ФЁДАРАВА Марина Аркадьевна ФЕДОРОВА |
Position(s): Judge of the Sovetsky district court in Minsk DOB: 11.9.1965 Gender: female |
In her position as judge of the Sovetsky district court in Minsk, she is responsible for numerous politically motivated rulings against journalists, opposition leaders, activists and protesters. Violations of rights of defence were reported during trials conducted under her supervision. She is therefore responsible for human rights violations and undermining the rule of law, as well as for contributing to the repression of civil society and democratic opposition. |
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Yulia Chaslavauna HUSTYR Yulia Cheslavovna HUSTYR |
Юлiя Чаславаўна ГУСТЫР Юлия Чеславовна ГУСТЫР |
Position(s): lawyer at the legal aid office of the Kastrychnitski district in Minsk, former Judge of the Central district court in Minsk DOB: 14.1.1984 Gender: female |
In her former position as judge of the Central district court in Minsk, she was responsible for numerous politically motivated rulings against journalists, opposition leaders, activists and protesters, in particular the sentencing of opposition presidential candidate Viktar Babarika. Violations of rights of defence were reported during trials conducted under her supervision. She is therefore responsible for human rights violations and undermining the rule of law, as well as for contributing to the repression of civil society and democratic opposition. She remains active in the Lukashenka regime as lawyer at the legal aid office of the Kastrychnitski district in Minsk. |
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Alena Tsimafeeuna NYAKRASAVA Elena Timofeyevna NEKRASOVA |
Алена Цімафееўна НЯКРАСАВА Елена Тимофеевна НЕКРАСОВА |
Position(s): Judge of the Zavodsky district court in Minsk DOB: 26.11.1974 Gender: female |
In her position as judge of the Zavodsky district court in Minsk, she is responsible for numerous politically motivated rulings against journalists, opposition leaders, activists and protesters. Violations of rights of defence were reported during trials conducted under her supervision. She is therefore responsible for human rights violations and undermining the rule of law, as well as for contributing to the repression of civil society and democratic opposition. |
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Aliaksandr Vasilevich SHAKUTSIN Aleksandr Vasilevich SHAKUTIN |
Аляксандр Васiльевiч ШАКУЦIН Александр Васильевич ШАКУТИН |
Position(s): Businessman, chairman of the board of directors of Amkodor holding, shareholder of SV Maschinen GmbH, UAB EM System, Anulatrans SIA, Amkodor-Tsentr, OOO PMI Inzhiniring DOB: 12.1.1959 POB: Bolshoe Babino, Orsha Rayon, Vitebsk/Viciebsk Region/Oblast, former USSR (now Belarus) Gender: male |
He is one of the leading businessmen operating in Belarus, with business interests in construction, machine building, agriculture and other sectors. He is reported to be one of the persons who has benefitted most from privatisation during Lukashenka’s tenure as President. He is also a former member of the presidium of the pro-Lukashenka public association ‘Belaya Rus’ and a former member of the Council for the Development of Entrepreneurship in the Republic of Belarus. In July 2020, he made public comments condemning the opposition protests in Belarus, thus supporting the Lukashenka regime’s policy of repression towards peaceful protesters, democratic opposition and civil society. He is therefore benefitting from and supporting the Lukashenka regime. He maintains business interests in Belarus. |
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Mikalai Mikalaevich VARABEI/VERABEI Nikolay Nikolaevich VOROBEY |
Мiкалай Мiкалаевiч ВАРАБЕЙ/ВЕРАБЕЙ Николай Николаевич ВОРОБЕЙ |
Position(s): Businessman, co-owner of Bremino Group DOB: 4.5.1963 POB: Ukrainian SSR (now Ukraine) Gender: male |
He is one of the leading businessmen operating in Belarus, and has had business interests in petroleum, coal transit, banking and other sectors. He is the co-owner of Bremino Group – a company that has enjoyed tax breaks and other forms of support from the Belarusian administration. His company BelKazTrans was granted an exclusive right to transfer coal through Belarus. In December 2020 he transferred some of his assets to his close business associates. According to media reports he still controls companies Interservice and Oil Bitumen Plant. He maintains business activities and close relations with authorities in Belarus and gave two luxury cars to Lukashenka. He also has business interests in Ukraine and Russia. He is therefore benefitting from and supporting the Lukashenka regime. |
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Natallia Mikhailauna BUHUK Natalia Mikhailovna BUGUK |
Наталля Мiхайлаўна БУГУК Наталья Михайловна БУГУК |
Position: judge of the Minsk City Court, former judge at the Fruzensky district court in Minsk DOB: 19.12.1989 POB: Minsk, former USSR (now Belarus) Gender: female Nationality: Belarusian |
In her former position as judge at the Fruzensky district court in Minsk, Natallia Buhuk was responsible for numerous politically motivated rulings against journalists and protesters, in particular the sentencing of Katsiaryna Bakhvalava (Andreyeva) and Darya Chultsova. Violations of rights of defence and of right to a fair trial were reported during trials conducted under her supervision. She is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations and for seriously undermining the rule of law, as well as for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition. She remains active in the Lukashenka regime as a judge of the Minsk City Court. |
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Alina Siarhieeuna KASIANCHYK Alina Sergeevna KASYANCHYK |
Алiна Сяргееўна КАСЬЯНЧЫК Алина Сергеевна КАСЬЯНЧИК |
Position: prosecutor at the Minsk City Prosecutor’s Office, former Assistant Prosecutor at the Frunzensky District Court in Minsk DOB: 12.3.1998 POB: Gender: female Nationality: Belarusian |
In her former position as assistant prosecutor at the Fruzensky District Court in Minsk, Alina Kasianchyk has represented the Lukashenka regime in politically motivated cases against journalists, activists and protesters. In particular, she has prosecuted journalists Katsiaryna Bakhvalava (Andreyeva) and Darya Chultsova for recording peaceful protests, based on the groundless charges of ‘conspiracy’ and ‘violating public order’. She has also prosecuted members of Belarusian civil society e.g. for taking part in peaceful protests, and paying tribute to murdered protester Aliaksandr Taraikousky. She has continuously asked the judge for long-term prison sentences. She is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations and for seriously undermining the rule of law, as well as for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition. She remains active in the Lukashenka regime as a prosecutor at the Minsk City Prosecutor’s Office. |
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Ihar Viktaravich KURYLOVICH Igor Viktorovich KURILOVICH |
Iгар Вiĸтаравiч КУРЫЛОВIЧ, Игорь Викторович КУРИЛОВИЧ |
Senior Investigator of the Frunzensky District Department of the Investigative Committee DOB: 26.09.1990 POB: Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian |
In his position as Senior Investigator at the Fruzensky District Court in Minsk, Ihar Kurylovich was involved in preparing a politically motivated criminal case against journalists Katsiaryna Bakhvalava (Andreyeva) and Darya Chultsova. The journalists, who recorded peaceful protests, were accused of violations of public order and sentenced to two years of prison. He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations and for seriously undermining the rule of law, as well as for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition. |
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Siarhei Viktaravich SHATSILA Sergei Viktorovich SHATILO |
Сяргей Віĸтаравіч ШАЦІЛА Сергей Виĸторович ШАТИЛО |
Judge at Sovetsky District Court in Minsk DOB: 13.08.1989 POB: Minsk, former USSR (now Belarus) Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian |
In his position as judge of the Sovetsky District Court in Minsk, Siarhei Shatsila is responsible for numerous politically motivated rulings against protesters, in particular the sentencing of Natallia Hersche, Dzmitry Halko and Dzmitry Karatkevich, considered as political prisoners by Viasna, a Belarusian human rights organisation. He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations and for seriously undermining the rule of law, as well as for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition. |
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Anastasia Vasileuna ACHALAVA Anastasia Vasilievna ACHALOVA |
Анастасія Васільеўна АЧАЛАВА Анастасия Васильевна АЧАЛОВА |
Judge at the Leninsky District Court in Minsk DOB: 15.10.1992 POB: Minsk, Belarus Gender: female Nationality: Belarusian |
In her position as judge of the Leninsky District Court in Minsk, Anastasia Achalava is responsible for numerous politically motivated rulings against journalists, activists and protesters, in particular the sentencing of Coordination Council member Dzmitry Kruk, as well as against medical personnel and senior citizens. Reliance on statements of anonymous witnesses was reported during trials conducted under her supervision. |
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She is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations and for seriously undermining the rule of law, as well as for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition. |
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Mariya Viachaslavauna YAROKHINA Maria Viacheslavovna YEROKHINA |
Марыя Вячаславаўна ЯРОХІНА Мария Вячеславовна ЕРОХИНА |
Judge at the Frunzensky District Court in Minsk DOB: 04.07.1987 POB: Minsk, former USSR (now Belarus) Gender: female Nationality: Belarusian |
In her position as judge of the Frunzensky District Court in Minsk, Mariya Yerokhina is responsible for numerous politically motivated rulings against journalists, opposition leaders, trade union activists, sportsmen and protesters, in particular the sentencing of journalist Uladzimir Hrydzin. She is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations and for seriously undermining the rule of law, as well as for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition. |
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Yuliya Aliaksandrauna BLIZNIUK Yuliya Aleksandrovna BLIZNIUK |
Юлія Аляĸсандраўна БЛІЗНЮК Юлия Алеĸсандровна БЛИЗНЮК |
Deputy Chairwoman/judge at the Frunzensky District Court in Minsk DOB: 23.09.1971 POB: Minsk, former USSR (now Belarus) Gender: female Nationality: Belarusian |
In her position as Deputy Chairwoman and judge at the Frunzensky District Court in Minsk, Yuliya Blizniuk is responsible for numerous politically motivated rulings against journalists, activists and protesters, in particular sentencing activists Artsiom Khvashcheuski, Artsiom Sauchuk, Maksim Pauliushchyk. These persons are considered as political prisoners by Viasna, a Belarusian human rights organization. She is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations and for seriously undermining the rule of law, as well as for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition. |
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Anastasia Dzmitreuna KULIK Anastasia Dmitrievna KULIK |
Анастасія Дзмітрыеўна КУЛІК Анастасия Дмитриевна КУЛИК |
Judge of the Pervomaisky District Court of Minsk DOB: 28.07.1989 POB: Minsk, former USSR (now Belarus) Gender: female Nationality: Belarusian |
In her position as judge of the Pervomaisky District Court of Minsk, Anastasia Kulik is responsible for numerous politically motivated rulings against peaceful protesters, in particular the sentencing of Aliaksandr Zakharevich, who is considered as a political prisoner by Viasna, a Belarusian human rights organization. She is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations and for seriously undermining the rule of law, as well as for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition. |
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Maksim Leanidavich TRUSEVICH Maksim Leonidovich TRUSEVICH |
Маĸсім Леанідавіч ТРУСЕВІЧ Маĸсим Леонидович ТРУСЕВИЧ |
Judge of the Pervomaisky District Court of Minsk DOB: 12.08.1989 POB: Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian |
In his position as judge at the Pervomaisky District Court in Minsk, Maksim Trusevich is responsible for numerous politically motivated rulings against journalists, opposition leaders, activists and protesters. Violations of rights of defence and right to a fair trial were reported during trials conducted under his supervision. He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations and for seriously undermining the rule of law, as well as for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition. |
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Tatsiana Yaraslavauna MATYL Tatiana Yaroslavovna MOTYL |
Тацяна Яраславаўна МАТЫЛЬ Татьяна Ярославовна МОТЫЛЬ |
Judge of the Moskovsky District Court of Minsk DOB: 20.01.1968 POB: Minsk, former USSR (now Belarus) Gender: female Nationality: Belarusian |
In her position as judge at the Moskovsky District Court in Minsk, Tatsiana Matyl is responsible for numerous politically motivated rulings against journalists, opposition leaders, activists and protesters, in particular the sentencing of opposition politician Mikalai Statkevich and journalist Alexander Borozenko. Violations of rights of defence and right to a fair trial were reported during trials conducted under her supervision. She is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations and for seriously undermining the rule of law, as well as for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition. |
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Aliaksandr Anatolevich RUDZENKA Aleksandr Anatolevich RUDENKO |
Аляĸсандр Анатольевіч РУДЗЕНКА Алеĸсандр Анатольевич РУДЕНКО |
Deputy Chairman of the of the Oktyabrsky District Court of Minsk DOB: 01.12.1981 POB: Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian |
In his position as Deputy Chairman and judge of the Oktyabrsky District Court in Minsk, Aliaksandr Rudzenka is responsible for numerous politically motivated rulings against journalists, activists and protesters, in particular fining an elderly and disabled protester, as well as the sentencing of Lyudmila Kazak – the lawyer of Mariya Kalesnikava, Belarussian opposition leader. Violations of rights of defence and right to a fair trial were reported during trials conducted under his supervision. |
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He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations and for seriously undermining the rule of law, as well as for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition. |
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Aliaksandr Aliaksandravich VOUK Aleksandr Aleksandrovich VOLK |
Аляĸсандр Аляĸсандравіч ВОЎК Алеĸсандр Алеĸсандрович ВОЛК |
Judge of the Sovetsky District Court of Minsk DOB: 01.08.1979 POB: Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian |
In his position as judge of the Sovetsky District Court of Minsk, Aliaksandr Vouk is responsible for numerous politically motivated rulings against peaceful protesters, in particular the sentencing of sisters Anastasia and Victoria Mirontsev, considered as political prisoners by Viasna, a Belarussian human rights organisation. Violations of rights of defence and right to a fair trial were reported during trials conducted under his supervision. |
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He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations and for seriously undermining the rule of law, as well as for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition. |
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Volha Siarheeuna NIABORSKAIA Olga Sergeevna NEBORSKAIA |
Вольга Сяргееўна НЯБОРСКАЯ Ольга Сергеевна НЕБОРСКАЯ |
Judge of the Oktyabrsky District Court of Minsk DOB: 14.02.1991 POB: Gender: female Nationality: Belarusian |
In her position as judge of the Oktyabrsky district court in Minsk, Volha Niaborskaya is responsible for numerous politically motivated rulings against peaceful protesters and journalists, in particular the sentencing of Sofia Malashevich and Tikhon Kliukach, considered as political prisoners by Viasna, a Belarussian human rights organisation. Violations of rights of defence were reported during trials conducted under her supervision. She is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations and seriously undermining the rule of law, as well as for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition. |
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Marina Sviataslavauna ZAPASNIK Marina Sviatoslavovna ZAPASNIK |
Марына Святаславаўна ЗАПАСНІК Марина Святославовна ЗАПАСНИК |
Deputy Chairman of the Court of the Leninsky District of Minsk DOB: 28.03.1982 POB: Minsk, former USSR (now Belarus) Gender: female Nationality: Belarusian |
In her position as Deputy Chairman and judge of the Court of the Leninsky District of Minsk, Marina Zapasnik is responsible for numerous politically motivated rulings against peaceful protesters, in particular the sentencing of activists Vladislav Zenevich, Olga Pavlova, Olga Klaskovskaya, Viktar Barushka, Sergey Ratkevich, Aleksey Charvinskiy, Andrey Khrenkov, student Viktor Aktistov, and minor Maksim Babich. All are recognized as political prisoners by Viasna, a Belarussian human rights organisation. |
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She is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations and seriously undermining the rule of law, as well as for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition. |
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Maksim Yurevich FILATAU Maksim Yurevich FILATOV |
Максім Юр'евіч Філатаў Максим Юрьевич ФИЛАТОВ |
Judge of the Lida City Court DOB: POB: Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian |
In his position as the judge of Lida City Court, Maksim Filatau is responsible for numerous politically motivated rulings against peaceful protesters, in particular the sentencing of activist Vitold Ashurok, who is recognized as political prisoner by Viasna, a Belarussian human rights organisation. He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations and seriously undermining the rule of law, as well as the repression of civil society and democratic opposition. |
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Andrei Vaclavavich HRUSHKO Andrei Vatslavovich GRUSHKO |
Андрэй Вацлававiч ГРУШКО Андрей Вацлавович ГРУШКО |
Position: Deputy Chairman of the Leninsky District Court of Brest, former Judge of the Leninsky District Court of Brest DOB: 24.1.1979 POB: Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian |
In his position as judge of the Leninsky District Court of Brest, Andrei Hrushko is responsible for numerous politically motivated rulings against peaceful protesters, in particular by sentencing activists, recognized as political prisoners, and minors. He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations and seriously undermining the rule of law, as well as the repression of civil society and democratic opposition. He currently serves as the Deputy Chairman of the Leninsky District Court of Brest. |
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Dzmitry Iurevich HARA Dmitry Iurevich GORA |
Дзмітрый Юр'евіч ГАРА Дмитрий Юрьевич ГОРА |
Chairman of the Investigative Committee of Belarus (appointed on 11 March 2021) Former Deputy Prosecutor General of the Republic of Belarus (until 11 March 2021) DOB: 04.05.1970 |
In his position of Deputy Prosecutor General until March 2021, Dzmitry Hara bears responsibility for politically motivated criminal cases against peaceful protestors, members of the opposition, journalists, civil society and regular citizens. Mr Hara was also involved in initiating of politically motivated criminal proceedings against Siarhei Tsikhanousky – opposition activist and husband of presidential candidate Svetlana Tsikhanouskaya. |
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POB: Tbilisi, former Georgian SSR (now Georgia) Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian |
As the Head of the Intergovernmental Commission created by the Office of the General Prosecutor to investigate citizens' complaints about abuse of powers by law enforcement officers, Dzmitry Hara is responsible for inaction of this institution, since no case of such an investigation is known, despite applications for the initiation of criminal cases complaining about the use of violence, ill-treatment and torture. As of March 2021, he is the Chairman of the Investigative Committee of Belarus. In this position he is responsible for prosecuting human rights defenders and participants in peaceful protests. |
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He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations and for seriously undermining the rule of law, as well as for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition |
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Aliaksei Kanstantsinavich STUK Alexey Konstantinovich STUK |
Аляĸсей Канстанцінавіч СТУК Алеĸсей Константинович СТУК |
Deputy Prosecutor General of the Republic of Belarus DOB: 1959 POB: Minsk, former USSR (now Belarus) Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian |
In his position of Deputy Prosecutor General, Aliaksei Stuk bears responsibility for politically motivated criminal cases against opposition, journalists, civil society and regular citizens. He is responsible for tightening the Prosecutor's Office's control of citizens' activities in localities and work places and is responsible for applying excessive legal responsibilities on participants in peaceful protests. He publicly stated that the Office of Prosecutor General would work to identify "illegal" citizen associations and suppress their activities. |
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He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations and seriously undermining the rule of law, as well as for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition. |
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Genadz Iosifavich DYSKO Gennadi Iosifovich DYSKO |
Генадзь Іосіфавіч ДЫСКО Геннадий Иосифович ДЫСКО |
Deputy Prosecutor General of the Republic of Belarus, State Counselor of Justice of the 3rd class DOB: 22.03.1964 POB: Oshmyany, Hrodna region, (former USSR) now Belarus Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian |
In his position of Deputy Prosecutor General, Genadz Dysko bears responsibility for politically motivated criminal cases against opposition, journalists, civil society and regular citizens. He was also involved in initiating of politically motivated criminal proceedings against Siarhei Tsikhanousky - opposition activist and husband of presidential candidate Svetlana Tsikhanouskaya. He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations and seriously undermining the rule of law, as well as the repression of civil society and democratic opposition. |
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Sviatlana, Anatoleuna LYUBETSKAYA Svetlana Anatolevna LYUBETSKAYA |
Святлана Анатольеўна ЛЮБЕЦКАЯ Светлана Анатольевна ЛЮБЕЦКАЯ |
Member of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus, Chairperson of the Standing Commission on Law DOB: 03.06.1971 POB: former USSR (now Ukraine) Gender: female Nationality: Belarusian |
In her position as Chairperson of the Parliamentary Commission on Law, Sviatlana Lyubetskaya is responsible for the adoption of the new Code of Administrative Infringements (entered into force on 1 March 2021) that authorises arbitrary arrests and imposed increased liability for participation in mass events, including for display of political symbols. Through these legislative activities, she is responsible for serious violations of human rights, including the right of peaceful assembly, and the repression of civil society and democratic opposition. These legislative activities also seriously undermine democracy and the rule of law in Belarus. |
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Aliaksei Uladzimiravich IAHORAU Alexei Vladimirovich YEGOROV |
Аляксей Уладзіміравіч ЯГОРАЎ Алексей Владимирович ЕГОРОВ |
Member of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus, Deputy Chairperson of the Standing Commission on Law DOB: 16.12.1969 |
In his position as Deputy Chairperson of the Parliamentary Commission on Law, Aliaksei Iahorau is responsible for the adoption of the new Code of Administrative Infringements (entered into force on 1 March 2021) that authorises arbitrary arrests and imposed increased liability for participation in mass events, including for display of political symbols. Through these legislative activities, he is responsible for serious violations of human rights, including the right of peaceful assembly, and the repression of civil society and democratic opposition. These legislative activities also seriously undermine democracy and the rule of law in Belarus. |
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POB: Novosokolniki, Pskov region, former USSR (now Russian Federation) Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian |
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Aliaksandr Paulavich AMELIANIUK Aleksandr Pavlovich OMELYANYUK |
Аляксандр Паўлавіч АМЕЛЬЯНЮК Александр Павлович ОМЕЛЬЯНЮК |
Member of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus, Deputy Chairperson of the Standing Commission on Law DOB: 06.03.1964 |
In his position as Deputy Chairperson of the Parliamentary Commission on Law, Aliaksandr Amelianiuk is responsible for the adoption of the new Code of Administrative Infringements (entered into force on 1 March 2021) that authorises arbitrary arrests and imposed increased liability for participation in mass events, including display of political symbols. Through these legislative activities, he is responsible for serious violations of human rights, including the right to peaceful assembly, and the repression of civil society and democratic opposition. These legislative activities also seriously undermine democracy and the rule of law in Belarus. |
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POB: Kobrin, Brest Region/ Oblast, former USSR (now Belarus) Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian |
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Andrei Mikalaevich MUKAVOZCHYK Andrei Nikolaevich MUKOVOZCHYK |
Андрэй Міĸалаевіч МУКАВОЗЧЫК Андрей Ниĸолаевич МУКОВОЗЧИК |
Political observer of "Belarus Today" ("Sovietskaia Belarus - Belarus Segodnya") DOB: 13.06.1963 POB: Novosibirsk, former USSR (now Russian Federation) |
Andrei Mukavozchyk is one of the main propagandists of the Lukashenka regime publishing in "Belarus Today", the official newspaper of the Presidential Administration. In his articles, democratic opposition and civil society are systematically highlighted in a negative and derogatory way, using falsified information. He is one of the main sources of state propaganda, which supports and justifies the repression of the democratic opposition and of civil society. |
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Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian Passport number: MP 3413113 and MP 2387911 |
In May 2020, Mukavozchyk became a recipient of the "Golden Pen" award from a pro-governmental organization Belarusian Union of Journalists. In December 2020, he received the prize "Golden Letter", handed over by representatives of the Belarussian Ministry of Information. In January 2021, Lukashenka signed a decree awarding Mukavozchyk a medal "For labour merits". He is therefore benefitting from and supporting the Lukashenka regime. |
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Siarhei Aliaksandravich GUSACHENKA Sergey Alexandrovich GUSACHENKO |
Сяргей Аляксандравiч ГУСАЧЭНКА Сергей Александрович ГУСАЧЕНКО |
Position(s): Deputy Chair of the National State Television and Radio Company (Belteleradio Company) DOB: 5.11.1983 POB: Minsk, former USSR (now Belarus) Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian Tel. (office): +375 (17) 369-90-15 |
In his position as the Deputy Chair of Belteleradio Company (the National State Television and Radio Company), author and host of weekly propaganda television show Glavnyy efir, Siarhei Gusachenka has been willingly providing the Belarusian public with false information about the outcome of elections, protests, repressions perpetrated by the state authorities and activities of the Lukashenka regime that facilitate illegal crossing of the external borders of the Union. He is directly responsible for the way in which the state television presents information about the situation in the country, thus lending support to the authorities including Lukashenka. He is therefore supporting the Lukashenka regime. |
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Genadz Branislavavich DAVYDZKA Gennadi Bronislavovich DAVYDKO |
Генадзь Браніслававіч ДАВЫДЗЬКА Геннадий Брониславович ДАВЫДЬКO |
Member of the Chamber of Representatives, Chair of the Committee on Human Rights and Media Chair of the Belarusian political organisation Belaya Rus DOB: 29.09.1955 |
As the Chairman of Belaya Rus, a major pro-Lukashenka organization, Genadz Davydzka is one of the main propagandists of the regime. In his support for Lukashenka, he frequently used inflammatory language, and encouraged the violence of the state apparatus against peaceful protesters. He is therefore supporting the Lukashenka regime. |
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POB: Popovka village, Senno/Sjanno, Vitebsk Region, former USSR (now Belarus) Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian Passport MP2156098 |
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Volha Mikalaeuna CHAMADANAVA Olga Nikolaevna CHEMODANOVA |
Вольга Мiĸалаеўна ЧАМАДАНАВА Ольга Ниĸолаевна ЧЕМОДАНОВА |
Position(s): Former Press Secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus Head of the Main Directorate for Ideology and Youth of the Minsk City Executive Committee DOB: 13.10.1977 POB: Minsk Region/Oblast, former USSR (now Belarus) Gender: female Nationality: Belarusian Rank: Colonel Passport: MC1405076 |
In her former position as the main media person of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus, Volha Chamadanava played a key role in distorting and deflecting the facts regarding violence against protesters, as well as in spreading false information about them. She threatened peaceful protesters and continuously justified violence against them. Since she has been a part of the security apparatus and has spoken on its behalf, she is therefore supporting the Lukashenka regime. She remains active in the Lukashenka regime as the Head of the Main Directorate for Ideology and Youth of the Minsk City Executive Committee. |
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Siarhei Ivanavich SKRYBA Sergei Ivanovich SKRIBA |
Сяргей Іванавіч СКРЫБА Сергей Иванович СКРИБА |
Vice Chancellor of the Belarusian State Economic University for Educational Work DOB: 21.11.1964 / 1965 POB: Kletsk, Minsk Region, former USSR (now Belarus) Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian e-mail: skriba_s@bseu.by |
In his position as Vice Chancellor of the Belarusian State Economic University (BSEU) for educational work, Siarhei Skryba is responsible for sanctions taken against students for their participation in peaceful protests, including their expulsion from university. Some of these sanctions were taken following Lukashenka's call on 27 October 2020 for expelling from universities students taking part in protests and strikes. He is therefore responsible for the repression of civil society and is supporting the Lukashenka regime. |
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Siarhei Piatrovich, RUBNIKOVICH Sergei Petrovich RUBNIKOVICH |
Сяргей Пятровіч РУБНІКОВІЧ Сергей Петрович РУБНИКОВИЧ |
Rector of the Belarusian State Medical University DOB: 1974 POB: Sharkauschyna, Vitebsk/ Viciebsk Region/ Oblast, former USSR (now Belarus) Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian |
In his position as the Rector of the Belarusian State Medical University, whose appointment was approved by Alexander Lukashenka, Siarhei Rubnikovich is responsible for the decision of University administration to expel students for taking part in peaceful protests. The expulsion orders were taken following Lukashenka's call on 27 October 2020 for expelling from universities students taking part in protests and strikes. He is therefore responsible for the repression of civil society and is supporting the Lukashenka regime. |
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Aliaksandr Henadzevich BAKHANOVICH Aleksandr Gennadevich BAKHANOVICH |
Аляĸсандр Генадзевiч БАХАНОВIЧ Алеĸсандр Геннадьевич БАХАНОВИЧ |
Position(s): First Deputy Minister of Education, former Rector of the Brest State Technical University DOB: 1972 Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian |
In his former position as the Rector of the Brest State Technical University, whose appointment was approved by Alexander Lukashenka, Aliaksandr Bakhanovich was responsible for the decision of the university administration to expel students for taking part in peaceful protests. The expulsion orders were made following Lukashenka’s call on 27 October 2020 to expel from universities students taking part in protests and strikes. In January 2023, Aliaksandr Bakhanovich was appointed First Deputy Minister of Education of the Republic of Belarus. He is therefore responsible for the repression of civil society and is supporting the Lukashenka regime. |
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Mikhail Ryhoravich BARAZNA Mikhail Grigorevich BOROZNA |
Міхаіл Рыгоравіч БАРАЗНА Михаил Григорьевич БОРОЗНА |
Rector of the Belarusian State Academy of Arts (BSAA) DOB: 20.11.1962 POB: Rakusheva, Mahileu/ Mogiliev Region/ Oblast, former USSR (now Belarus) Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian |
In his position as the Rector of the Belarusian State Academy of Arts (BSAA), Mikhail Barazna is responsible for the decision of University administration to expel students for taking part in peaceful protests. The expulsion orders were taken following Lukashenka's call on 27 October 2020 for expelling from universities students taking part in protests and strikes. Mikhail Barazna is therefore responsible for the repression of civil society and is supporting the Lukashenka regime. |
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Maksim Uladzimiravich RYZHANKOU Maksim Vladimirovich RYZHENKOV |
Максім Уладзіміравіч РЫЖАНКОЎ Максим Владимирович РЫЖЕНКОВ |
First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration DOB: 19.06.1972 POB: Minsk, former USSR (now Belarus) Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian |
In his position as the First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration, Maksim Ryzhankou is closely associated with the President and responsible for ensuring the implementation of presidential powers in the field of domestic and foreign policy. For over 20 years of his career in the civil service of Belarus he has held a number of posts, including in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and various embassies. He is therefore supporting the Lukashenka regime. |
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Dzmitry Aliaksandravich LUKASHENKA Dmitry Aleksandrovich LUKASHENKO |
Дзмітрый Аляксандравіч ЛУКАШЭНКА Дмитрий Александрович ЛУКАШЕНКО |
Businessman, chairman of President’s Sport Club DOB: 23.03.1980 POB: Mogilev/ Mahiliou, former USSR (now Belarus) Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian |
Dzmitry Lukashenka is Aliaksandr Lukashenka’s son and a businessman. He has been the chairman of the State-Public Association ‘Presidential Sport’s Club’ since 2005 and in 2020 he has been re-elected to this post. Through this entity, he conducts business and controls a number of enterprises. He was present on Aliaksandr Lukashenka’s secret inauguration in September 2020. He is therefore benefiting from and supporting the Lukashenka regime. |
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Liliya Valereuna LUKASHENKA (SIAMASHKA) Liliya Valerevna LUKASHENKO (SEMASHKO) |
Лiлiя Валер'еўна ЛУКАШЭНКА (СЯМАШКА) Лилия Валерьевна ЛУКАШЕНКО (СЕМАШКО) |
Position(s): Businesswoman, director of an art gallery DOB: 29.10.1979 Gender: female Nationality: Belarusian Personal ID: 4291079A047PB1 |
Liliya Lukashenka is the wife of Viktar Lukashenka and daughter-in-law of Aliaksandr Lukashenka. She has been closely connected with a number of high-profile companies which have benefitted from the Lukashenka regime, including Dana Holdings / Dana Astra and Belkhudozhpromysly concern. She was present, alongside her husband Viktar Lukashenka, on Aliaksandr Lukashenka's secret inauguration in September 2020. She is currently the director of the art gallery Art Chaos. Her business activities are promoted by regime-affiliated media. She is therefore benefitting from and supporting the Lukashenka regime. |
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Valeri Valerevich IVANKOVICH Valery Valerevich IVANKOVICH |
Валерый Валер'евіч ІВАНКОВІЧ Валерий Валерьевич ИВАНКОВИЧ |
General Director of OJSC "MAZ". DOB: 1971 POB: Novopolotsk, Belarusian SSR (Now Belarus) Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian |
In his position as the General Director of OJSC ‘MAZ’, Valeri Ivankavich bears responsibility for the detention of MAZ workers within MAZ premises by security forces, and for firing MAZ employees who were participating in peaceful protests against the regime. He is therefore responsible for the repression of civil society. He was appointed by Lukashenka as a member of the commission tasked to draft amendments to the Belarus constitution. He therefore supports the Lukashenka regime. |
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Aliaksandr Yauhenavich SHATROU Alexander (Alexandr) Evgenevich SHATROV |
Аляксандр Яўгенавiч ШАТРОЎ Александр Евгеньевич ШАТРОВ |
Position(s): Businessman, shareholder and former head of Synesis LLC DOB: 9.11.1978 POB: former USSR (now Russian Federation) Gender: male Nationality: Russian, Belarusian Personal ID: 3091178A002VF5 |
In his position as the former head and former majority shareholder of Synesis LLC, Alexander Shatrov was responsible for that company’s decision to provide Belarusian authorities with a surveillance platform, Kipod, which can search through and analyse video footage and employ facial recognition software. He is therefore contributing to the repression of civil society and democratic opposition by the state apparatus. Synesis claims to have stopped providing the Belarusian authorities with the Kipod platform, but according to ByPOL reports Kipod is still used by the state securities agencies. Synesis is one of the residents of the Hi-Tech Park, created by a decree of Aliaksandr Lukashenka, and as such enjoys numerous benefits, including exemptions from income tax, VAT, offshore duty, customs duties and others. Synesis LLC and its subsidiary Panoptes have benefitted from their participation in the Republican Safety Monitoring System. Other companies which have been owned or co-owned by Shatrov, such as BelBet and Synesis Sport, also benefit from government contracts. He made public statements in which he criticised those protesting against the Lukashenka regime and put into perspective the lack of democracy in Belarus. He therefore benefits from and supports the Lukashenka regime. He remains a shareholder of Synesis LLC. |
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Siarhei Siamionavich TSIATSERYN Sergei Semionovich TETERIN |
Сяргей Сямёнавiч ЦЯЦЕРЫН Сергей Семёнович ТЕТЕРИН |
Position(s): Businessman, owner of BelGlobalStart, co-owner of VIBEL, former Chairman of the Belarusian Tennis Federation DOB: 7.1.1961 POB: Minsk, former USSR (now Belarus) Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian |
Siarhei Tsiatseryn is one of the leading businessmen operating in Belarus, with business interests in the distribution of alcohol drinks (through his company BelGlobalStart), food products and furniture. He belongs to Lukashenka's inner circle. In 2019, BelGlobalStart was granted an opportunity to start the construction of a multi-functional business centre in front of the presidential palace in Minsk. He co-owns the company VIBEL, which sells commercials on a number of Belarusian national TV channels. He was the chairman of the Belarusian Tennis Federation and Lukashenka's former aide for sports matters. |
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Mikhail Safarbekovich GUTSERIEV |
Микаил (Михаил) Сафарбекович ГУЦЕРИЕВ |
Position(s): Businessman, shareholder and chairman of the board of executives of Slavkali, chairman of the board of directors and shareholder of: JSC Mospromstroi, Industrial Financial Group Safmar JSC, LLC Proekt Grad. Member of the board of directors and shareholder of JSC NKNeftisa ►C11 DOB: 9.3.1958 ◄ POB: Akmolinsk, former USSR (now Kazakhstan) Gender: male Nationality: Russian |
Mikhail Gutseriev is a prominent Russian businessman, with business interests in Belarus in the sectors of energy, potash, hospitality and others. He is a long-time acquaintance of Aliaksandr Lukashenka and thanks to that association has accumulated significant wealth and influence among the political elite in Belarus. Safmar, a company which has been controlled by Gutseriev, was the only Russian oil firm that carried on supplying oil to Belarusian refineries during the energy crisis between Belarus and Russia in early 2020. Gutseriev also supported Lukashenka in disputes with Russia over oil deliveries. Gutseriev has been the chairman of the board of directors of, and a shareholder in, the Slavkali company, which is building the Nezhinsky potassium chloride mining and processing plant based on the Starobinsky potash salt deposit near Lyuban. It is the largest investment in Belarus, worth USD 2 billion. Lukashenka promised to rename the town of Lyuban ‘Gutserievsk’ in his honour. His other businesses in Belarus have included fuelling stations and oil depots, a hotel, a business centre and an airport terminal in Minsk. Lukashenka came to Gutseriev’s defence after a criminal investigation was initiated against him in Russia. Lukashenka also thanked Gutseriev for his financial contributions to charity and investments worth billions of dollars in Belarus. Gutseriev is reported to have gifted Lukashenka luxurious presents. Gutseriev also declared himself to be the owner of a residency which de facto belongs to Lukashenka, thus covering him up when journalists started to investigate Lukashenka’s assets. Gutseriev attended Lukashenka’s secret inauguration on 23 September 2020. In October 2020 Lukashenka and Gutseriev both appeared at the opening of an orthodox church, which the latter sponsored. According to media reports, when the striking employees of Belarusian state-owned media were fired in August 2020, Russian media workers were flown to Belarus on board aircraft belonging to Gutseriev in order to replace the fired workers, and lodged in the Minsk Renaissance Hotel belonging to Gutseriev. Gutseriev assisted with the acquisition of CT scanners for Belarus during the COVID-19 crisis. Mikhail Gutseriev is therefore benefitting from and supporting the Lukashenka regime. |
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Aliaksey Ivanavich ALEKSIN Alexei Ivanovich OLEKSIN |
Аляксей Іванавіч АЛЕКСІН Алексей Иванович ОЛЕКСИН |
Businessman, Co-owner of Bremino Group, DOB: POB: Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian |
Aliaksei Aleksin is one of the leading businessmen in Belarus, with business interests in the sectors of oil and energy, real estate, development, logistics, tobacco, retail, finance and others. He enjoys a close relationship with Aliaksandr Lukashenka and his son and former National Security Advisor Viktar Lukashenka. He is active in the biker movement in Belarus, a hobby he shares with Viktar Lukashenka. His company owns property in ‘Alexandria 2’ (Mogilev region), commonly called ‘presidential residence’, where Aliaksandr Lukashenka is a frequent visitor. |
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He is the co-owner of ‘Bremino Group’ – the initiator and co-administrator of the Bremino-Orsha special economic zone project, created by a presidential decree signed by Aliaksandr Lukashenka. The company has received state support for developing the Bremino-Orsha zone, as well as a number of financial and tax advantages and other benefits. Aleksin and other owners of Bremino Group received support from Viktar Lukashenka. |
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Companies ‘Inter Tobacco’ and ‘Energo-Oil’, which belong to Aleksin and members of his close family, were given exclusive privileges to import tobacco products to Belarus, based on a decree signed by Aliaksandr Lukashenka, and received state support for the creation of Tabakierka kiosks. He was allegedly involved in the establishment of the first government-approved private military company in Belarus ‘GardServis’, with reported links to the Belarussian security apparatus. He is therefore benefitting from the Lukashenka regime. |
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Aliaksandr Mikalaevich ZAITSAU Alexander (Alexandr) Nikolaevich ZAITSEV |
Аляксандр Мiкалаевiч ЗАЙЦАЎ Александр Николаевич ЗАЙЦЕВ |
Position(s): Businessman, co-owner of Bremino Group and Sohra Group DOB: 22.11.1976 POB: Ruzhany, Brest Region/Oblast, former USSR (now Belarus) Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian |
Aliaksandr Zaitsau is the former assistant of Viktar Lukashenka, son of and former Adviser on National Security to Aliaksandr Lukashenka. Through access to the Lukashenka family, Zaitsau obtains lucrative contracts for his businesses. He has had close ties with the Sohra Group that is granted the right to export state-owned enterprises' production (tractors and trucks) to the Gulf and African countries. He is also the co-owner and chairman of the Council of participants of Bremino Group. The company has received state support for developing the Bremino-Orsha zone, as well as a number of financial and tax advantages and other benefits. Zaitsau and other owners of Bremino Group received support from Viktar Lukashenka. He therefore benefits from and supports the Lukashenka regime. |
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Ivan Branislavavich MYSLITSKI Ivan Bronislavovich MYSLITSKIY |
Іван Браніслававіч МЫСЛІЦКІ Иван Брониславович МЫСЛИЦКИЙ |
First Deputy Head of the Penal Correction Department Of the Ministry of Internal Affairs DOB: 23.10.1976 POB: Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian |
In his position as First Deputy Head of the Penal Correction Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs that has authority over detention facilities, Ivan Myslitski is responsible for the inhumane and degrading treatment, including torture, inflicted on citizens who participated in peaceful protests and were detained in those detention facilities in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, in line with the address of Lukashenka to officers of the Interior Ministry. |
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In his position, he bears responsibility for detention conditions in Belarusian prisons, including the categorisation of prisoners corresponding to different kinds of ill-treatment and torture the detainees are subject to, such as verbal abuse, punitive isolation, deprivation of calls and visits, mutilation, beatings and brutal torture. He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations and for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition. |
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Aleh Mikalaevich, BELIAKOU Oleg Nikolaevich BELIAKOV |
Алег Мiĸалаевiч БЕЛЯКОЎ Олег Ниĸолаевич БЕЛЯКОВ |
Position: Head of the Department of ideological work and personnel support at the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus, former Deputy Head of the Penal Correction Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs DOB: POB: Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian |
In his former position as Deputy Head of the Penal Correction Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs that has authority over detention facilities, Aleh Beliakou was responsible for the inhumane and degrading treatment, including torture, inflicted on citizens who participated in peaceful protests and were detained in those detention facilities in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, in line with the address of Lukashenka to officers of the Interior Ministry. In his position, he bears responsibility for detention conditions in Belarusian prisons, including the categorisation of prisoners corresponding to different kinds of ill-treatment and torture the detainees are subject to, such as verbal abuse, punitive isolation, deprivation of calls and visits, mutilation, beatings and brutal torture. He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations and for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition. He remains active in the Lukashenka regime as Head of the Department of ideological work and personnel support at the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus. |
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Uladzislau Aliakseevich MANDRYK Vladislav Alekseevich MANDRIK |
Уладзіслаў Аляксеевіч МАНДРЫК Владислав Алексеевич МАНДРИК |
Deputy Head of the Penal Correction Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs DOB: 04.07.1971 POB: National ID: 3040771A125PB2; Passport: MP3810311. Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian |
In his position as Deputy Head of the Penal Correction Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs that has authority over detention facilities, Uladzislau Mandryk is responsible for the inhumane and degrading treatment, including torture, inflicted on citizens who participated in peaceful protests and were detained in those detention facilities in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, in line with the address of Lukashenka to officers of the Interior Ministry. |
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In his position, he bears responsibility for detention conditions in Belarusian prisons, including the categorization of prisoners, corresponding to different kinds of ill-treatment and torture the detainees are subject to, such as verbal abuse, punitive isolation, deprivation of calls and visits, mutilation, beatings and brutal torture. He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations and for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition. |
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Andrei Mikalaevich DAILIDA Andrei Nikolaevich DAILIDA |
Андрэй Мiкалаевiч ДАЙЛIДА Андрей Ниĸолаевич ДАЙЛИДА |
Position: Head of the Rear Support Department at the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus, former Deputy Head of the Penal Correction Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs DOB: 1.7.1974 POB: Passport: KH2133825 Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian |
In his former position as Deputy Head of the Penal Correction Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs that has authority over detention facilities, Andrei Dailida was responsible for the inhumane and degrading treatment, including torture, inflicted on citizens who participated in peaceful protests and were detained in those detention facilities in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, in line with the address of Lukashenka to officers of the Interior Ministry. In his position, he bears responsibility for detention conditions in Belarusian prisons, including the categorization of prisoners, corresponding to different kinds of ill-treatment and torture the detainees are subject to, such as verbal abuse, punitive isolation, deprivation of calls and visits, mutilation, beatings and brutal torture. For his work as Deputy head of the Penal Correction Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he received, in December 2020, the Presidential Order for service to the Motherland and has therefore benefitted from the Lukashenka regime. He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations and for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition. He remains active in the Lukashenka regime as Head of the Rear Support Department at the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus. |
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Aleh Mikalaevich LASHCHYNOUSKI Oleg Nikolaevich LASHCHINOVSKII |
Алег Мікалаевіч ЛАШЧЫНОЎСКІ Олег Николаевич ЛАЩИНОВСКИЙ |
Former Deputy Head of the Penal Correction Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs DOB: 12.05.1963 POB: Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian |
In his former position as Deputy Head of the Penal Correction Department that has authority over detention facilities of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Aleh Lashchynouski is responsible for the inhumane and degrading treatment, including torture, inflicted on citizens who participated in peaceful protests and were detained in those detention facilities in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, in line with the address of Lukashenka to officers of the Interior Ministry. |
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In his former position, he bears responsibility for conditions in Belarusian prisons and the repressive measures taken there, including the categorisation of prisoners corresponding to different kinds of ill-treatment and torture the detainees are subject to, such as verbal abuse, punitive isolation, deprivation of calls and visits, mutilation, beatings and brutal torture. He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations and for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition. |
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Zhana Uladzimirauna BATURYTSKAIA Zhanna Vladimirovna BATURITSKAYA |
Жана Уладзіміраўна БАТУРЫЦКАЯ Жанна Владимировна БАТУРИЦКАЯ |
Head of the Directorate of Sentence Enforcement of the Penal Correction Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs DOB: 20.04.1972 POB: Gender: female Nationality: Belarusian |
In her position as Head of the Directorate of Sentence Enforcement of the Penal Correction Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs that has authority over detention facilities, Zhana Baturitskaia is responsible for the inhumane and degrading treatment, including torture, inflicted on citizens who participated in peaceful protests and were detained in those detention facilities in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, in line with the address of Lukashenka to officers of the Interior Ministry. |
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In her position, she bears responsibility for detention conditions in Belarusian prisons, including the categorisation of prisoners corresponding to different kind of ill-treatment and torture the detainees are subject to, such as verbal abuse, punitive isolation, deprivation of calls and visits, mutilation, beatings, brutal torture. She is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations and for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition. |
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Dzmitry Mikalaevich STREBKOU Dmitry Nikolaevich STREBKOV |
Дзмітрый Мікалаевіч СТРЭБКОЎ Дмитрий Николаевич СТРЕБКОВ |
Head of the Prison No. 8 in Zhodino DOB: 19.03.1977 POB: Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian |
In his position as Head of the Prison No. 8 in Zhodino, Dzmitry Strebkou is responsible for the appalling conditions in the detention centre and for the inhumane and degrading treatment, including torture, inflicted on citizens who participated in peaceful protests and were detained in this detention facility, including in its temporary detention centre, in the wake of the 2020 presidential election. He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations and for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition. |
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Yauhen Andreevich SHAPETSKA Evgeniy Andreevich SHAPETKO |
Яўген Андрэевіч ШАПЕЦЬКА Евгений Андреевич ШАПЕТЬКО |
Head of Akrestina isolation centre for offenders DOB: 30.03.1989 POB: Minsk, former USSR (now Belarus) Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian |
In his position as the Head of the Akrestina Isolation Centre for Offenders, Yauhen Shapetska is responsible for appalling conditions in the isolation centre and for the inhumane and degrading treatment, including torture, inflicted on citizens who participated in peaceful protests and were detained in this detention facility in the wake of the 2020 presidential election. He is therefore responsible for serious violations of human rights and for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition. |
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Ihar Ryhoravich KENIUKH Igor Grigorevich KENIUKH |
Ігар Рыгоравіч КЕНЮХ Игорь Григорьевич КЕНЮХ |
Head of Akrestina Temporary Detention Centre DOB: 21.01.1980 POB: Gomel Region/ Oblast, former USSR (now Belarus) Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian |
In his position as the Head of the Akrestina Temporary Detention Centre, Ihar Keniukh is responsible for appalling conditions and for the inhumane and degrading treatment, including beatings and torture, inflicted on citizens detained in this detention facility in the wake of the 2020 presidential election. |
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He exerted pressure on medical staff to remove doctors who sympathize with protesters. According to the testimony of multiple women included in the report of the Centre for Promotion of Women’s Rights, "Her Rights," the most inhumane treatment took place in the detention centre at Akrestina in Minsk, where the OMON policemen were especially cruel and used torture. He is therefore responsible for serious violations of human rights and for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition. |
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Hleb Uladzimiravich DRYL Gleb Vladimirovich DRIL |
Глеб Уладзіміравіч ДРЫЛЬ Глеб Владимирович ДРИЛЬ |
Deputy Head of the Akrestina Temporary Detention Centre DOB: 12.05.1980 POB: Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian |
In his position as Deputy Head of the Temporary Detention Centre, Hleb Dryl is responsible for the appalling conditions and for the inhumane and degrading treatment, including beatings and torture, inflicted on citizens detained in this detention facility in the wake of the 2020 presidential election. |
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According to witness testimonies, some of the women detained on 9-12 August 2020 were heavily beaten in the detention centres. According to the testimony of multiple women, included in the report of the Centre for Promotion of Women’s Rights ‘Her Rights’, the most inhumane treatment took place in the detention centre at Akrestina in Minsk, where the OMON policemen were especially cruel and used torture. He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations and for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition. |
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Uladzimir Iosifavich LAPYR Vladimir Yosifovich LAPYR |
Уладзімір Іосіфавіч ЛАПЫР Владимир Иосифович ЛАПЫРЬ |
Deputy Head of the Akrestina Temporary Detention Centre DOB: 21.08.1977 POB: Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian |
In his position as Deputy Head of the Akrestina Temporary Detention Centre, Uladzimir Lapyr is responsible for appalling conditions and for the inhumane and degrading treatment, including beatings and torture, inflicted on citizens detained in this detention facility in the wake of the 2020 presidential election. According to the testimony of multiple women included in the report of the Centre for Promotion of Women’s Rights, "Her Rights," the most inhumane treatment took place in the detention centre at Akrestina in Minsk, where the OMON policemen were especially cruel and used torture. |
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He is therefore responsible for serious violations of human rights and for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition. |
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Aliaksandr Uladzimiravich VASILIUK Alexander (Alexandr) Vladimirovich VASILIUK |
Аляксандр Уладзіміравіч ВАСІЛЮК Александр Владимирович ВАСИЛЮК |
Head of the Investigation team of the Investigative Committee DOB: 08.05.1975 POB: Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian |
In his position as Head of the Investigation team of the Investigative Committee of Belarus, Aliaksandr Vasiliuk is responsible for politically-motivated prosecutions and detention, in particular of the opposition Coordination Council members, including Belarusian opposition leader Mariya Kalesnikava who is considered a political prisoner by human rights organisations. He is also responsible for the detention of several opposition media representatives. He is therefore responsible for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition. |
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Yauhen Anatolevich ARKHIREEU Evgeniy Anatolevich ARKHIREEV |
Яўген Анатольевіч АРХІРЭЕЎ Евгений Анатольевич АРХИРЕЕВ |
Head of the Main Investigation Department, Central Office of Investigative Committee DOB: 1.07.1977 POB: Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian |
In his position as the Head of the Main Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of Belarus, Yauhen Arkhireeu is responsible for initiating and investigating politically-motivated criminal proceedings, in particular of the opposition Coordination Council members and other protesters. Such investigations are aimed at intimidating protesters, as well as criminalizing the participation in peaceful protests. He is therefore responsible for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition. |
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Aliaksei Iharavich KAURYZHKIN Alexey Igorovich KOVRYZHKIN |
Аляĸсей Ігаравіч КАЎРЫЖКІН Алеĸсей Игоревич КОВРИЖКИН |
Head of Investigation Team, Main Investigation Department, Investigative Committee DOB: 03.11.1981 POB: Bobruisk, former USSR (now Belarus) Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian |
In his position as the Head of the Investigation Team of the Investigative Committee of Belarus, Aliaksei Kauryzhkin is responsible for politically motivated prosecutions and detention, in particular of members of Viktar Babarika's presidential campaign team and of Coordination Council members, including lawyer Maksim Znak who is considered a political prisoner by human rights organisations. He is therefore responsible for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition. |
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Aliaksandr Dzmitryevich AHAFONAU Alexander (Alexandr) Dmitrievich AGAFONOV |
Аляксандр Дзмітрыевіч АГАФОНАЎ Александр Дмитриевич АГАФОНОВ |
First Deputy Head of the Main Investigation Department, Investigative Committee DOB: 13.03.1982 POB: Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian |
In his position as the First Deputy Head of the Main Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of Belarus, Aliaksandr Ahafonau is responsible for politically-motivated prosecutions and arrests of the presidential candidate Siarhei Tsikhanousky – opposition activist and husband of presidential candidate Svetlana Tsikhanouskaya. and other political activists, including Mikalai Statkevich and Dzmitry Kazlou. Siarhei Tsikhanousky, Dzmitry Kazlou, and Mikalai Statkevich are recognised as political prisoners by Viasna, a Belarussian human rights organisation. |
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He is therefore responsible for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition. |
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Kanstantsin Fiodaravich BYCHAK Konstantin Fedorovich BYCHEK |
Канстанцін Фёдаравіч БЫЧАК Константин Фёдорович БЫЧЕК |
Head of Division of the KGB Investigation Department DOB: 20.09.1985 POB: Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian |
In his position as Head of Division of the KGB Investigation Department, Kanstantin Bychak has supervised politically motivated investigation of presidential candidate Viktar Babarika. Babarika’s candidacy was rejected by the Central Election Commission. This decision was based on a report from the KGB and official TV statements of Bychak declaring Babarika guilty of money laundering while investigations were still ongoing. |
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On October 26, 2020, Bychak threatened peaceful protestors on the governmental TV by stating that their actions would be classified as acts of terrorism. He is therefore responsible for the repression of the democratic opposition and civil society. |
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Andrei Siarheevich BAKACH Andrei Sergeevich BAKACH |
Андрэй Сяргеевiч БАКАЧ Андрей Сергеевич БАКАЧ |
Position(s): Former Head of the Pervomaysky District Police Department of Minsk First Deputy Head of the Internal Affairs Directorate of the Grodno/Hrodna Regional Executive Committee DOB: 19.11.1983 POB: Minsk, former USSR (now Belarus) Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian |
In his former position as Head of the Department of Internal Affairs of the Pervomaysky District Administration in Minsk, Andrei Bakach was responsible for the actions of police forces belonging to that police precinct and for the actions occurring in the police station. During his time as Head, peaceful protesters in Minsk were subjected to cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment inside the police station under his control. He is therefore responsible for serious violations of human rights and the repression of civil society and democratic opposition. He remains active in the Lukashenka regime as the First Deputy Head of the Internal Affairs Directorate of the Grodno/Hrodna Regional Executive Committee. |
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Aliaksandr Uladzimiravich, PALULEKH Aleksandr Vladimirovich POLULEKH |
Аляксандр Уладзіміравіч ПАЛУЛЕХ Александр Владимирович ПОЛУЛЕХ |
Head of the Frunzensky District Police Department of Minsk DOB: 25.06.1979 POB: Minsk, former USSR (now Belarus) Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian |
In his position as the Head of the Internal Affairs Directorate of the Frunzensky District Administration of Minsk, Aliaksandr Palulekh is responsible for the repression led by the police forces in this district against peaceful protesters in the wake of the 2020 presidential elections, in particular with ill-treatment, including torture, of peaceful protesters who were detained inside the police station under his control. He is therefore responsible for serious violations of human rights and the repression of civil society and democratic opposition. |
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Aliaksandr Aliaksandravich ZAKHVITSEVICH Aleksandr Aleksandrovich ZAKHVITSEVICH |
Аляксандр Аляксандравіч ЗАХВІЦЭВІЧ Александр Александрович ЗАХВИЦЕВИЧ |
Deputy Head of the Frunzensky District Police Department of Minsk DOB: 01.01.1977 POB: Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian |
In his position as the Deputy Head of the Frunzensky District Police Department of Minsk Aliaksandr Zakhvitsevich supervises public security police and is responsible for the inhumane and degrading treatment, including torture, inflicted on citizens detained in the Frunzenskiy District in the wake of the 2020 presidential election and for the general brutal crackdown on peaceful protesters in this district. Officers under Zakhvitsevich's supervision used torture against detainees. He is therefore responsible for serious violations of human rights and the repression of civil society and democratic opposition. |
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Siarhei Uladzimiravich USHAKOU Sergei Vladimirovich USHAKOV |
Сяргей Уладзiмiравiч УШАКОЎ Сергей Владимирович УШАКОВ |
Position(s): Head, and former Deputy Head, of the Frunzensky District Police Department of Minsk DOB: 22.8.1980 POB: Minsk, former USSR (now Belarus) Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian |
In his former position as the Deputy Head of the Frunzensky District Police Department of Minsk supervising criminal police, Siarhei Ushakou was responsible for the actions of his subordinates, especially inhumane and degrading treatment, including torture, inflicted on citizens detained in the Frunzensky District in the wake of the 2020 presidential election and for the general brutal crackdown on peaceful protesters. Officers under Ushakou’s direct supervision used torture against detainees. He is therefore responsible for serious violations of human rights and the repression of civil society and democratic opposition. He is currently the head of the Fruzensky District Police Department of Minsk. |
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Siarhei Piatrovich ARTSIOMENKA Sergei Petrovich ARTEMENKO / ARTIOMENKO |
Сяргей Пятровіч АРЦЁМЕНКА Сергей Петрович АРТЁМЕНКО |
Deputy Head of the Pervomaisky Police District in Minsk DOB: 26.03.1973 POB: Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian |
In his position as the Deputy Head of the Pervomaisky Police District in Minsk, supervising public security police, Siarhei Artemenko is responsible for the inhumane and degrading treatment, including torture, inflicted, by his subordinates on citizens detained at the Pervomaiskiy District Police Department of Minsk that occurred in the wake of the 2020 presidential election and for the general brutal crackdown on peaceful protesters. One example is the mistreatment of Maksim Haroshin, a floral shop owner, who was arrested after he gave flowers to the participants of the Women's March on 13 October 2020. Artemenko exerted pressure on citizens not to participate in peaceful demonstrations. |
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He is therefore responsible for serious violations of human rights and the repression of civil society and democratic opposition. |
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Aliaksandr Mikhailavich RYDZETSKI Aleksandr Mikhailovich RIDETSKIY |
Аляксандр Міхайлавіч РЫДЗЕЦКІ Александр Михайлович РИДЕЦКИЙ |
Former Head of the Oktyabrskiy District Police Department of Minsk, Head of the Directorate of internal security of the State Forensic Examination Committee DOB: 14.08.1978 POB: Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian |
In his former position as the Head of the Oktyabrsky District Police Department of Minsk, Aliandsandr Rydzetski was responsible for the inhuman and degrading treatment, including torture, inflicted by his subordinates on citizens detained in that district in the wake of the 2020 presidential election. He is therefore responsible for serious violations of human rights and the repression of civil society and democratic opposition. |
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Dzmitry Iauhenevich BURDZIUK Dmitry Evgenevich BURDIUK |
Дзмітрый Яўгеньевіч БУРДЗЮК Дмитрий Евгеньевич БУРДЮК |
Head of the Oktyabrsky District Police Department, Former Head of the Partizanski District Police Department of Minsk DOB: 31.01.1980 POB: Brest region, former USSR (now Belarus) Gender: male |
In his former position as Head of the Partizanski District Police Department of Minsk, Dzmitry Burdziuk was responsible for overseeing the severe beatings and torture of peaceful protesters and bystanders in that district in the wake of the 2020 presidential election. In December 2020 he was appointed Head of the Oktyabrsky District Police Department. He is therefore responsible for serious violations of human rights and the repression of civil society and democratic opposition. |
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Vital Vitalevich KAPILEVICH Vitaliy Vitalevich KAPILEVICH |
Віталь Вітальевіч КАПІЛЕВІЧ Виталий Витальевич КАПИЛЕВИЧ |
Head of the Leninsky District Police Department of Minsk DOB: 26.11.1988 POB: Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian |
In his position as the Head of the Leninsky District Police Department of Minsk, Vital Kapilevich is responsible for the inhumane and degrading treatment, including torture, inflicted on citizens detained at the Leninsky District Police Department. The detainees were denied medical help; paramedics who arrived at the Department were intimidated to prevent the provision of medical assistance to the detainees. He is therefore responsible for serious violations of human rights and the repression of civil society. |
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Kiryl Stanislavavich KISLOU Kirill Stanislavovich KISLOV |
Кірыл Станіслававіч КІСЛОЎ Кирилл Станиславович КИСЛОВ |
Head of the Zavodsky District Police Department of Minsk DOB: 02.01.1979 POB: Minsk, former USSR (now Belarus) Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian |
In his position as Head of the Zavodsky District Police Department of Minsk, Kiryl Kislou is responsible for inhumane and degrading treatment, including torture, inflicted on citizens detained at the premises of this police station. He is also responsible for mass repressions against peaceful protesters, journalists, human rights activists, workers, representatives of the academic community and bystanders, inflicted by his subordinates. He is therefore responsible for serious violations of human rights and the repression of civil society. |
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Siarhei Aliaksandravich VAREIKA Sergey Aleksandrovich VAREIKO |
Сяргей Аляĸсандравіч ВАРЭЙКА Сергей Алеĸсандрович ВАРЕЙКО |
Head of Moskovski District Police Department of Minsk, former Deputy Head of the Zavodsky District Police Department of Minsk DOB: 01.02.1980 POB: |
In his former position as Deputy Head of the Zavodsky District Police Siarhei Vareika is responsible for the inhumane and degrading treatment, including torture, inflicted on citizens detained on the premises of the Zavodsky District Police Department in the wake of the 2020 presidential election. He is also responsible for the actions of his subordinates, who took part in mass repressions against peaceful protesters, journalists, human rights activists, workers, representatives of the academic community and bystanders. |
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Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian |
On 21 December 2020 he was appointed Head of Moskovsky District Police Department of Minsk. He is therefore responsible for serious violations of human rights and the repression of civil society. |
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Siarhei Feliksavich DUBAVIK Sergey Feliksovich DUBOVIK |
Сяргей Феліĸсавіч ДУБАВІК Сергей Фелиĸсович ДУБОВИК |
Deputy Head of the Leninsky District Police Department DOB: 01.02.1974 POB: Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian |
In his position as Deputy Head of the Leninsky District Police Department, Siarhei Dubavik is responsible for the inhumane and degrading treatment, including torture, inflicted on citizens detained on the premises of the Leninsky District Police Department in the wake of the 2020 presidential election. The detainees were denied medical help; paramedics who arrived at the Department were intimidated to prevent the provision of medical assistance to the detainees. |
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He is also responsible for the actions of his subordinates, who took part in mass repressions against peaceful protesters, journalists, human rights activists, workers, representatives of the academic community and bystanders. He is therefore responsible for serious violations of human rights and the repression of civil society and democratic opposition. |
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Aliaksandr Mechyslavavich ANDRYEUSKI Alexander (Alexandr) Mechislavovich ANDRIEVSKII |
Аляĸсандр Мечыслававіч АНДРЫЕЎСКІ Алеĸсандр Мечиславович АНДРИЕВСКИЙ |
Deputy Head of the Frunzensky District Police Department of Minsk DOB: 29.04.1982 POB: Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian |
In his position as Deputy Head of the Frunzensky District Police Department in Minsk, Aliaksandr Andryeuski is responsible for inhumane and degrading treatment, including torture, inflicted on citizens detained on the premises of the Fruzensky District Police Department in the wake of the 2020 presidential election. Detaineees were standing on their knees with heads down for hours, violently beaten, hit with a taser. He is therefore responsible for serious violations of human rights and the repression of civil society and democratic opposition. |
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Vital Mikhailavich MAKRYTSKI Vitalii Mikhailavich MAKRITSKII |
Віталь Міхайлавіч МАКРЫЦКІ Виталий Михайлович МАКРИЦКИЙ |
Deputy Head of the Oktyabrsky District Police Department of Minsk (Until December 17 2020). From December 17 2020 - the Head of the Partizanski District Police Department of Minsk DOB: 17.02.1975 POB: Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian |
In his former position as Deputy Head of the Oktyabrsky District Police Department of Minsk, Vital Makrytski was responsible for overseeing the severe beatings and torture of peaceful protesters and bystanders detained on the premises of this police department, in the wake of the 2020 presidential election. In December 2020 he was promoted to the position of the Head of the Partizanski District Police Department of Minsk. He is therefore responsible for serious violations of human rights and the repression of civil society and democratic opposition. |
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Yauhen Aliakseevich URUBLEUSKI Evgenii Alekseevich VRUBLEVSKII |
Яўген Аляĸсеевіч УРУБЛЕЎСКІ ЕвгенийАлеĸсеевич ВРУБЛЕВСКИЙ |
Senior Police Sergeant of the Akrestina Offenders' Isolation Centre DOB: 28.01 1966 POB: Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian |
In his position as a senior police sergeant of the Akrestina Offenders Isolation Centre. Yauhen Urubleuski is responsible for the inhumane and degrading treatment, including torture, inflicted on citizens detained in the Offenders’ Detention Centre. According to witnesses and media reports, he personally took part in brutal beatings of civilians detained in August 2020. He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations. |
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Mikalai Mikalaevich KARPIANKAU Nikolai Nikolaevich KARPENKOV |
Міĸалай Міĸалаевіч КАРПЯНКОЎ Ниĸолай Ниĸолаевич КАРПЕНКОВ |
Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs, Former Head of the Main Department for Combating Organized Crime and Corruption of the Ministry of Internal Affairs DOB: 06.09.1968 POB: Minsk, former USSR (now Belarus) Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian |
In his position as the Head of the Main Department for Combating Organized Crime and Corruption of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Mikalai Karpiankau is responsible for the inhumane and degrading treatment inflicted on citizens who participated in peaceful protests and for their arbitrary arrest and detention. Numerous testimonies, photo and video evidence indicate that the group under his command beat and arrested peaceful protestors, threatened them with firearms. |
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On 6 September 2020, Karpiankou was filmed as he was smashing a glass door with a baton to the café where peaceful protestors were hiding and brutally detaining them. A recording has been published where he claimed his department would use firearms against the protestors. He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations and for repression of civil society and democratic opposition. |
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Mikhail Viachaslavavich HRYB Mikhail Viacheslavovich GRIB |
Міхаіл Вячаслававіч ГРЫБ Михаил Вячеславович ГРИБ |
Head of the Main Department of Internal Affairs of the Minsk City Executive Committee DOB: 29.07.1980 POB: Minsk, former USSR (now Belarus) Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian |
Mikhail Hryb was Head of the Department of Internal Affairs in the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee from March 2019 to October 2020, afterwards being appointed Head of the Main Department of Internal Affairs of the Minsk city Executive Committee and assigned the title of major general of militia (police forces). |
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In this capacity, he is responsible for the actions of police forces, respectively in the Vitebsk region until October 2020 and in Minsk since after October 2020, including violent repression of peaceful protesters and breaches of right to peaceful assembly and free speech, committed by police forces in Vitebsk and Minsk, in the aftermath of the 2020 Belarussian presidential elections. He is therefore responsible for serious violations of human rights and the repression of civil society and democratic opposition. |
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Viktar Genadzevich KHRENIN Viktor Gennadievich KHRENIN |
Віктар Генадзевіч ХРЭНІН Виктор Геннадиевич ХРЕНИН |
Minister of Defense DOB: 01.08.1971 POB: Navahrudak/ Novogrudek, former USSR (now Belarus) Gender: Male Nationality: Belarusian Rank: Lieutanant General BY passport number: KH2594621 |
In his position as Minister of Defense of Belarus since 20 January 2020, Viktar Khrenin is responsible for the decision taken by the Command of the Air Forces and Air Defence Forces, on Lukashenka's instructions, to dispatch military aircraft to escort the forced landing of passenger flight FR4978 in Minsk airport without proper justification on 23 May 2021. This politically motivated decision was aimed at arresting and detaining opposition journalist Raman Pratasevich and Sofia Sapega and is a form of repression against civil society and democratic opposition in Belarus. |
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Personal identification: 3010871K003PB1 |
He has made several public statements, declaring readiness to use the army against peaceful protesters in August 2020 and likening protesters' use of the historical white-red-white flag to Nazi collaborators. He is therefore responsible for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition in Belarus, and is supporting the Lukashenka regime. |
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Ihar Uladzimiravich HOLUB Igor Vladimirovich GOLUB |
Iгар Уладзiмiравiч ГОЛУБ Игорь Владимирович ГОЛУБ |
Position(s): Director of the Aviation Department of the Ministry of Transport and Communications, former Commander of the Air Force and Air Defence of the Armed Forces DOB: 19.11.1967 POB: Chernigov, Chernigov kaya oblast, former USSR (now Ukraine) Gender: Male Nationality: Belarusian Rank: Major General BY passport number: KH2187962 Personal identification: 3191167E003PB1 |
In his former position as Commander of the Air Force and Air Defence Forces of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus, Ihar Holub was responsible for the decision taken by the Command of the Air Forces and Air Defence Forces, on Lukashenka’s instructions, to dispatch military aircraft to escort the forced landing of passenger flight FR4978 in Minsk airport without proper justification on 23 May 2021. This politically motivated decision was aimed at arresting and detaining opposition journalist Raman Pratasevich and Sofia Sapega and is a form of repression against civil society and democratic opposition in Belarus. Following the incident, Ihar Holub gave press statements together with Belarusian Ministry of Transport Aviation Department Director Artem Sikorsky justifying the actions of the Belarusian aviation authorities. He is therefore responsible for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition in Belarus, and is supporting the Lukashenka regime. He remains active in the Lukashenka regime as the Director of the Aviation Department of the Ministry of Transport and Communications of Belarus. |
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Andrei Mikalaevich GURTSEVICH Andrei Nikolaevich GURTSEVICH |
Андрэй Мікалаевіч ГУРЦЕВИЧ Андрей Николаевич ГУРЦЕВИЧ |
Chief of the Main Staff, First Deputy Commander of the Air Force DOB: 27.07.1971 POB: Baranovich, Brest Region/ Oblast, former USSR (now Belarus) Gender: Male Nationality: Belarusian Rank: Major General |
In his position as Chief of the Main Staff and First Deputy Commander of the Air Force and Air Defence Forces of the Armed Forces, Andrei Gurtsevich is responsible for the decision taken by the Command of the Air Forces and Air Defence Forces, on Lukashenka's instructions, to dispatch military aircraft to escort the forced landing of passenger flight FR4978 in Minsk airport without proper justification on 23 May 2021. |
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BY passport number: MP3849920 Personal identification: 3270771C016PB2 |
This politically motivated decision was aimed at arresting and detaining opposition journalist Raman Pratasevich and Sofia Sapega and is a form of repression against civil society and democratic opposition in Belarus. Following the incident, he gave press statements justifying the actions of the Belarusian authorities. He is therefore responsible for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition in Belarus, and is supporting the Lukashenka regime. |
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Leanid Mikalaevich CHURO Leonid Nikolaevich CHURO |
Леанiд Мiкалаевiч ЧУРО Леонид Николаевич ЧУРО |
Position(s): Chairman of the Republican Chess Federation – Public Association ‘Belarusian Chess Federation’, former Director General of BELAERONAVIGATSIA State-Owned Enterprise DOB: 8.7.1956 Gender: Male Nationality: Belarusian BY passport number: P4289481 Personal identification: 3080756A068PB5 |
In his former position as Director General of the BELAERONAVIGATSIA State-Owned Enterprise, Leanid Churo was responsible for Belarusian air traffic control. He therefore bears responsibility for diverting passenger flight FR4978 to Minsk airport without proper justification on 23 May 2021. This politically motivated decision was aimed at arresting and detaining opposition journalist Raman Pratasevich and Sofia Sapega and is a form of repression against civil society and democratic opposition in Belarus. He is therefore responsible for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition. He remains active in the Lukashenka regime as the chairman of the Republican Chess Federation – Public Association ‘Belarusian Chess Federation’. |
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Aliaksei Mikalaevich AURAMENKA Alexey Nikolaevich AVRAMENKO |
Аляксей Мікалаевіч АЎРАМЕНКА Алексей Николаевич АВРАМЕНКО |
Minister of Transport and Communications DOB: 11.05.1977 POB: Minsk, former USSR (now Belarus) Gender: Male Nationality: Belarusian BY passport number: MP3102183 Personal identification: 3110577A020PB2 |
In his position as Minister of Transport and Communications of Belarus, Aliaksei Auramenka is responsible for the state management in the sphere of civil aviation and supervision of air traffic control. He therefore bears responsibility for diverting passenger flight FR4978 to Minsk airport without proper justification on 23 May 2021. This politically motivated decision was aimed at arresting and detaining opposition journalist Raman Pratasevich and Sofia Sapega and is a form of repression against civil society and democratic opposition in Belarus. He is therefore responsible for repression of civil society and democratic opposition. |
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Artsiom Igaravich SIKORSKI Artem Igorevich SIKORSKIY |
Арцём Iгаравiч СIКОРСКI Артем Игоревич СИКОРСКИЙ |
Position(s): Director General of the BELAERONAVIGATSIA State-Owned Enterprise, former Director of the Aviation Department of the Ministry of Transport and Communications DOB: 1983 POB: Soligorsk, Minsk Region/Oblast, former USSR (now Belarus) Gender: Male Nationality: Belarusian BY passport number: MP3785448 Personal identification: 3240483A023PB7 |
In his former capacity as the Director of the Aviation Department of the Ministry of Transport and Communications of Belarus, Artsiom Sikorski was responsible for state management in the sphere of civil aviation and supervision of air traffic control. He therefore bears responsibility for diverting passenger flight FR4978 to Minsk on 23 May 2021 without a proper justification. This politically motivated decision was aimed at arresting and detaining the opposition journalist Raman Pratasevich and Sofia Sapega and is a form of repression against civil society and democratic opposition of Belarus. Following the incident, he gave press statements together with Commander of the Air Force and Air Defence Forces of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus, Ihar Holub, justifying the actions of the Belarusian aviation authorities. He is therefore responsible for repression of civil society and democratic opposition and is supporting the Lukashenka regime. He remains active in the Lukashenka regime as the Director General of the BELAERONAVIGATSIA State-Owned Enterprise. |
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Aleh Siarheevich HAIDUKEVICH Oleg Sergeevich GAIDUKEVICH |
Алег Сяргеевіч ГАЙДУКЕВІЧ Олег Сергеевич ГАЙДУКЕВИЧ |
Deputy Chairman of the Standing Committee on International Affairs in the House of Representatives of the National Assembly, member of the delegation of the National Assembly for contacts with the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe DOB: 26.03.1977 POB: Minsk, former USSR (now Belarus) |
Aleh Haidukevich is the Deputy Chairman of the Standing Committee on International Affairs in the House of Representatives of the National Assembly, member of the delegation of the National Assembly for contacts with the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. He made public statements, applauding diverting passenger flight FR4978 to Minsk on 23 May 2021. This politically motivated decision was done without proper justification and was aimed at arresting and detaining opposition journalist Raman Pratasevich and Sofia Sapega and is a form of repression against civil society and democratic opposition in Belarus. |
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Gender: Male Nationality: Belarusian Personal identification: 3260377A081PB9 Passport number: MP2663333 |
Additionally, Aleh Haidukevich made public statements suggesting that Belarusian opposition leaders may be detained abroad and transported to Belarus ‘in a car trunk’, thus supporting the ongoing crackdown of security forces on Belarusian democratic opposition and journalists. He is therefore supporting the Lukashenka regime. |
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Ihar Anatolevich KRUCHKOU Igor Anatolevich KRIUCHKOV |
Ігар Анатольевіч КРУЧКОЎ Игорь Анатольевич КРЮЧКОВ |
Head of Separate Service for Active Measures (ASAM) of the Special Forces of the State Border Committee DOB: 13.4.1976 Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian Personal ID: 3130476M077PB6 |
In his position as Head of Separate Service for Active Measures (ASAM) of the Special Forces of the State Border Committee, Ihar Kruchkou is responsible for actions of forces under his command, who are involved in the physical transportation of migrants inside Belarus to the border between Belarus and Union Member States. ASAM charges the transported migrants for the border crossing. Those actions are implemented as part of operation ‘Gate’. He is therefore contributing to activities by the Lukashenka regime that facilitate the illegal crossing of the external borders of the Union. |
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Anatol Piatrovich LAPO Anatoliy Petrovich LAPPO |
Анатоль Пятровiч ЛАПО/ЛАППО Анатолии Петрович ЛАППО |
Position(s): Former Lieutenant General and Chairman of the State Border Committee of the Republic of Belarus (appointed on 29 December 2016), Chief State Border Delegate DOB: 24.5.1963 POB: Kulakovka, Mogilev Region/Oblast, former USSR (now Belarus) Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian Passport number: MP4098888 Personal ID: 3240563K033PB5 |
In his former position as Chairman of the State Border Committee, Anatol Lapo was responsible for actions of border control bodies under his command, whose border guards were documented as directing, guiding or forcing migrants to illegally cross the border between Belarus and Union Member States, and whose deliberate failure to carry out their duties properly facilitates attempts by migrants to cross that border. He is therefore responsible for organising activities by the Lukashenka regime that facilitate the illegal crossing of the external borders of the Union. He was passed to the military reserve in May 2023. |
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Kanstantsin Henadzevich MOLASTAU Konstantin Gennadevich MOLOSTOV |
Канстанцiн Генадзьевiч МОЛАСТАЎ Константин Геннадьевич МОЛОСТОВ |
Position(s): Colonel, Chairman of the State Border Committee, former Head of the Grodno Border Group (appointed on 1 October 2014), Military Unit 2141, State Border Delegate DOB: 30.5.1970 POB: Krasnoarmeysk, Saratov Region, Russian Federation Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian Passport number: KH2479999 Personal ID: 3300570K025PB3 |
In his former position as Head of the Grodno Border Group, Kanstantsin Molastau was responsible for actions of border guards under his command. The deliberate failure of the Grodno Border Group to carry out its duties properly facilitates attempts by migrants to cross the border with Union Member States. He is therefore contributing to activities by the Lukashenka regime that facilitate the illegal crossing of the external borders of the Union. He was appointed by Lukashenka as the Chairman of the State Border Committee. |
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Pavel Mikalaevich KHARCHANKA Pavel Nikolaevich KHARCHENKO |
Павел Мікалаевіч ХАРЧАНКА Павел Николаевич ХАРЧЕНКО |
Head of the Polotsk Border Detachment DOB: 29.3.1981 POB: Chita, former USSR (now Russian Federation) Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian |
In his position as Head of the Polotsk Border Detachment, Pavel Kharchanka is responsible for actions of border guards under his command. The deliberate failure of the Polotsk Border Detachment to carry out its duties properly facilitates attempts by migrants to cross th | |