List of people and organizations sanctioned in relation to human rights violations in Belarus

Since the 1990s, Belarus has been actively criticized by the United States, the European Union, the OSCE and the United Nations for human rights violations and electoral fraud. Various Belarusian officials, businesspeople with links to the authoritarian regime of dictator Alexander Lukashenko and their companies have been subject to various sanctions involving asset freeze and travel bans.

US sanctions^[1][]

Individuals[]

Political leadership, propaganda[]

Name	Position	Main accusations	Remarks
Alexander Lukashenko	President of Belarus
Lidia Yermoshina	Chair of the Central Election Commission of Belarus	Central figure behind massive centralized election fraud in Belarus
Natalia Petkevich	First Deputy Head of the Administration of the President of Belarus in 2004-2010
Viktor Lukashenko	Assistant/Aid to the President in National Security Affairs. Son of president Alexander Lukashenko
Alexander Radkov	Former Minister of Education, now leader of the Belaya Rus movement and Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration
Vladimir Rusakevich	Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration
Alexander Zimovsky	Former Head of the National State Television and Radio Company of the Republic of Belarus, adviser on propaganda

Law enforcement[]

Name	Position	Main accusations	Remarks
	Former commander of Minsk riot police unit	Violence against demonstrators in the late 1990s and early 2000s
Uladzimir Navumau	Minister of Internal Affairs of Belarus in 2000-2009	Responsible for repressions against opposition activists during the 2004 referendum campaign, 2006 presidential elections, etc.
Viktor Sheiman	Former Secretary of the Security Council, special adviser to president Lukashenka	Accused of the disappearance of opposition leaders in 1999-2000
	Head of the KGB of Belarus in 2005 - 2007, including during the 2006 Belarusian presidential election
Dmitri Pavlichenko	Head of the Belarusian Special Rapid Reaction Unit	Accused of involvement into the disappearance of opposition leader Viktar Hanchar in 1999

Judiciary[]

Name	Position	Main accusations	Remarks
	Member of the Constitutional Court of Belarus	Formal justification of political repressions and electoral fraud
	Justice Minister of Belarus	Formal justification of political repressions and electoral fraud
	Former Minister of Justice	Formal justification of political repressions and electoral fraud

Businesspeople[]

Name	Position	Main accusations	Remarks
	Key figure in Dana Holdings and its subsidiaries	Close associate of Lukashenko	Serbian/Cypriot national, son of Bogoljub Karić

Companies[]

Name	Remarks
Belneftekhim	including Belneftekhim USA Inc.
Grodno Azot
Naftan
Belshina

Other[]

Name	Remarks
Belarus Olympic Committee	Presided by Viktor Lukashenko

EU sanctions list following 2006 presidential elections^[2][]

Senior state leadership[]

Name	Position
Alexander Lukashenko	President of Belarus
	Head of the President's Administration
Natalia Petkevich	Deputy Head of President's administration
	Deputy Head in charge of media and ideology, PA
Oleg Proleskovsky	Aide and Head of the Main Ideological department, PA
Alexander Radkov	Minister of Education
Vladimir Rusakevich	Minister of Information
Alexander Zimovsky	Member of the Upper House of the Parliament; Head of the national state teleradio company
	Chairman of the Lower House of the Parliament
	Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Upper House
	Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Lower House
	Member of the Upper House, leader of the BRSM
Leonid Kozik	Head of the Federation of Trade Unions

Election organization[]

Name	Position
Lydia Yermoshina	Chairwoman of the Central Election Commission of Belarus
Nikolai Lozovik	Deputy Head of the Central Election Commission of Belarus
Koleda Alexandr Mikhailovich	Сhairman of the Elections Commission of the Brest Region
Mikhasev Vladimir Ilyich	Сhairman of the CEC of the Gomel Region
Luchina Leonid Aleksandrovich	Сhairman of the CEC of the Grodno Region
Karpenko Igor Vasilievich	Сhairman of the CEC of Minsk
Kurlovich Vladimir Anatolievich	Сhairman of the CEC of the Minsk Region
Metelitsa Nikolai Timofeevich	Сhairman of the CEC of the Mogilev Region
Pishchulenok Mikhail Vasilievich	Сhairman of the CEC of the Vitebsk Region

State security services[]

Name	Position
	Chairman of KGB
Vasily Dementei	First Deputy, KGB
Viktor Sheyman	State Secretary of the Security Council
Dmitry Pavlichenko	Head of the Special Response Group at the Ministry of the Interior (SOBR)
Uladzimir Navumau	Minister of the Interior
	Lieutenant-Colonel of Militia, Unit for Special Purposes (OMON), Ministry of Internal Affairs

Judiciary[]

Name	Position
	Minister of Justice
Petr Miklashevich	Prosecutor General
Oleg Slizhevsky	Head of the Division of Social organisations, parties and NGOs, Ministry of Justice
Aleksandr Khariton	Consultant of the Division of Social organisations, parties and NGOs of the Ministry of Justice
Evgeny Smirnov	First Deputy of the Chairman of the Economic Court
Nadezhda Reutskaya	Judge of the Moscow district of Minsk
Nikolai Trubnikov	Judge of the Partizanskiy district of Minsk
Nikolai Kupriyanov	Deputy Prosecutor General

EU sanctions list preceding the 2010 Presidential elections[]

The list of sanctioned individuals was consolidated on 25 October 2010.^[3] The presidential election was held on 19 December that year.^[4]

EU sanctions list following 23 September 2012 elections^[5][]

This list of sanctioned individuals was published on 15 October 2012, following the 2012 Belarusian parliamentary election.^[5]

University rectors[]

Name	Position	Reasons for listing	Remarks
	Rector of the Belarusian State University	Politically-motivated expulsions of students
Tamara Alpeyeva	Rector of International Humanitarian-Economic Institute	Politically-motivated expulsions of students
Mikhail Batura	Rector of Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics	Politically-motivated expulsions of students
	Rector of Brest State University	Politically-motivated expulsions of students
	Rector of Maxim Tank Belarusian State Pedagogical University	Politically-motivated expulsions of students

State propaganda[]

Name	Position	Reasons for listing	Remarks
	First Deputy Minister of Information	Promotion of state propaganda
Dzmitry Zhuk	Director General of the state news agency BelTA
Alexander Zimovsky	Media adviser and former President of the National State Television and Radio Company of the Republic of Belarus	"The main actor of the regime's propaganda until December 2010"	Also subject to U.S. sanctions
	Upper House of the Parliament, former Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee; Head of the government-loyal Union of writers, Chairman of the Morality Republican Public Council	"A close supporter of President Lukashenka, and key to the regime's propaganda and censorship"
Gennady Davydko	Head of the National State Television and Radio Company of the Republic of Belarus	"Responsible for promoting state propaganda on TV, propaganda which supported and justified the repression of the democratic opposition and of civil society after the elections in December 2010."	Also subject to U.S. sanctions
Vadzim Hihin	Editor-in-Chief of , a monthly journal of the President's Administration	"One of the most vocal and influential members of the state propaganda machine in the printed press. He has supported and justified the repression of the democratic opposition and of civil society"
Pavel Yakubovich	Sovetskaya Belorussiya – Belarus' Segodnya, Editor-in-Chief; Member of the Upper House of the Parliament appointed by President Lukashenka	"One of the most vocal and influential members of the state propaganda machine in the printed press. He has supported and justified the repression of the democratic opposition and of civil society"
Vsevolod Yanchevski	Presidential Administration of Belarus, Head of the Ideological Department; Assistant to the President	"The main creator of the regime's ideology and state propaganda, which supports and justifies the repression of the democratic opposition and of civil society"
Yuri Koziyatko	Capital TV, TV host, General Director	His TV show "is an instrument of state propaganda which supports and justifies the repression of the democratic opposition and of civil society"
Aliaksei Mikhalchanka	ONT, TV host, influential journalist	His "programme is an instrument of state propaganda on TV, which supports and justifies the repression of the democratic opposition and of civil society"	Managed to get sanctions against him lifted in 2014, following procedural flaws of EU's prolongation of sanctions in 2012[6]
	Belarus-1, TV host, journalist	His TV show "is an instrument of state propaganda on TV, which supports and justifies the repression of the democratic opposition and of civil society"
Oleg Proleskovsky	, Presidential Administration, former Deputy Head, former Head of General Directorate for Ideology and Centre of Analysis and Information	"One of the main sources and voices of state propaganda and ideological support for the regime"
	Upper House of the Parliament, Chairman; Presidential Administration, Former Deputy Head in charge of Media and Ideology (in 2006–2008)	"One of the main sources and voices of state propaganda and ideological support for the regime"
	Information and Analytical Centre of the Presidential Administration, Director	"He is one of the main sources of state propaganda, which supports and justifies the repression of the democratic opposition and of civil society."
	Sovetskaya Belorussiya – Belarus' Segodnya, Deputy Editor-in-Chief	"Responsible for relaying state propaganda in the printed press, which has supported and justified the repression of the democratic opposition and of civil society, systematically highlighted in a negative and derogatory way using falsified and untrue information"
	, Former first Deputy Director	"A source and voice of state propaganda, which provokes, supports and justifies the repression of the democratic opposition and of civil society"
	Information and Analytical Centre of the Presidential Administration, Deputy Director
	Information and Analytical Centre of the Presidential Administration, Deputy Director
	Former Deputy Minister of Information	He "played a major role in promoting state propaganda which supports and justifies the repression of the democratic opposition and of civil society"
	, Editor-in-Chief	"In his position he is one of the most vocal and influential members of the state propaganda machine in the printed press"
	Sovetskaya Belorussiya – Belarus' Segodnya, First deputy Editor-in-Chief	His newspaper is a "source of pro-governmental policy, falsifying facts and making unfair comments on the ongoing processes in Belarus against the democratic opposition and civil society"
	Sovetskaya Belorussiya – Belarus' Segodnya, Former Deputy Editor-in-Chief
	Sovetskaya Belorussiya – Belarus' Segodnya, Editor-in-Chief
	Sovetskaya Belorussiya – Belarus' Segodnya, Deputy Editor-in-Chief

Businesspeople[]

Name	Position	Reasons for listing	Remarks
Yury Chyzh	Owner of Triple LLC	Financial support to the Lukashenka regime
Vladimir Peftiev	Owner of diverse assets in Belarus and abroad	Economic advice to President Lukashenka, "key financial sponsor" of the Lukashenka regime	October 2014, the sanctions were dropped by the EU Council.[7] On 9 December 2014, the General Court of European Union decided in Peftiev's and his companies' favour, annulling the sanctions and ruling that the Council of the European Union and European Commission had made mistakes while evaluating Peftiev's business activities.[8]
Dmitry Lukashenko	Businessman, son of president Alexander Lukashenko

Judges and state prosecution[]

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Name	Position	Reasons for listing	Remarks
	Judge of the Pukhavichy District Court	Politically-motivated administrative and criminal sanctions against representatives of civil society
	Judge of the Supreme Economic Court	He sustained the ban of the independent radio station Autoradio
	Judge at the Pyershamayski District Court of the city of Minsk	Sentencing protests participants in violation of the legislation
	Prosecutor of the Minsk Region	Repression of civil society
	Deputy Minister of Justice	Responsible for the role and the action of the Ministry of Justice and the judiciary of Belarus, which are major instruments of repression of the population
	Judge at the Zavodski District Court of the city of Minsk	Judicial repression of the peaceful demonstrators on 19 December 2010
	Judge of the Pyershamayski District Court of Minsk	Judicial repressions. On 24 November 2011, he sentenced Ales Byalyatski, one of the most prominent human rights defenders
	Judge at the Partyzanski District Court of the city of Minsk	Judicial repression of the peaceful demonstrators on 19 December 2010

State security services[]

Name	Position	Accusations	Remarks
	Major, head of operative unit of penal colony IK-17 in Shklov	Exerted pressure on political prisoners by denying their right to correspondence and meetings, issued orders to subject them to a stricter criminal regime, searches, and made threats in order to extort confessions. He was directly responsible for violating the human rights of political prisoners and opposition activists by using excessive force against them. His actions constituted a direct violation of the international commitments of Belarus in the field of human rights
	Colonel, head of the KGB detention centre in Minsk	He was personally responsible for cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment of those who were detained in the weeks and months after the crackdown on the post-election protest demonstration in Minsk on 19 December 2010. His actions constituted a direct violation of the international commitments of Belarus in the field of human rights.
Atabekov, Khazalbek Bakhtibekovich	Colonel, commander of a special brigade of Interior Troops in the Uruchie suburb of Minsk.	He commanded his unit during the crackdown on the post-election protest demonstration in Minsk on 19 December 2010 where an excessive use of force was applied. His actions constituted a direct violation of the international commitments of Belarus in the field of human rights.
	former Deputy Head of the KGB	Active involvement in the repression of civil society in Belarus. As a former Deputy Head of the KGB, in charge of the staff and the organisation of their tasks, Bakhmatov was responsible for the repressive work of the KGB against civil society and democratic opposition
Barsukov, Aleksandr Petrovich	Colonel, Chief of Minsk police.	Since his appointment as Chief of Minsk police on 21 October 2011, he has been responsible, as commander, for the repression of approximately a dozen peaceful protesters in Minsk, who were later convicted for breaking the law on mass events. For several years he commanded police action against street protests of the opposition.
Busko, Igor Yevgenyevich	Head of the KGB of the Brest Region	Responsible for the repressive work of the KGB against civil society and democratic opposition in the region of Brest, Belarus.
Chernyshev, Oleg Anatolievich	Colonel, in charge of counter-terrorist unit of the KGB, the Alpha unit.	He personally participated in tortures of opposition activists in the KGB detention centre in Minsk after the crackdown on the post-election protest demonstration in Minsk 19 December 2010
Dementey, Vasili Ivanovich	Head of the Hrodna Customs regional committee, former First deputy Chairman of the KGB (2005-2007), former Deputy Head of the State Customs Committee.	Responsible for repressions against civil society and the democratic opposition, in particular in 2006-2007
Dedkov, Leonid Nikolaevich	Deputy Head of the KGB	Shares responsibility for the repressive work of the KGB against civil society and democratic opposition.
Farmagey, Leonid Konstantinovich	Deputy Head of the Academy of the Ministry of Interior. Before June 2011 – Police Commander of the City of Minsk	Has been actively involved in the repression of civil society in Belarus. In his former role (until June 2011) as, he commanded the Minsk militia forces that brutally repressed a demonstration on 19 December 2010.
Gaidukevich Valeri Vladimirovich	Deputy Minister of Interior. Commander of internal troops, and Member of Parliament in the Lower Chamber	As a commander of internal troops, he was responsible for the violent repression of the demonstration on 19 December 2010 in Minsk, where his troops were the first to be actively involved.
Gerasimenko, Gennadi Anatolievich	Deputy Head of the Institute of National Security (KGB school) and former Head of the KGB of the Vitebsk Region	Responsible for the repressive work of the KGB against civil society and democratic opposition in the region of Vitebsk.
Gureev Sergei Viktorovich,	Former Deputy Minister of Interior and Head of Preliminary Investigation	Has been actively involved in the repression of civil society in Belarus. As a former Deputy Minister of Interior and Head of Preliminary Investigation, he was responsible for the violent suppression of protests and violations of human rights during investigation proceedings in relation to the December 2010 elections. Joined the reserve forces in February 2012
Yaruta, Viktor Gueorguevich	Head of the KGB Board on State Communications	Responsible for the repressive work of the KGB against civil society and democratic opposition.
Yevseyev, Igor Vladimirovich	Head of the regional Vitebsk police. Former Deputy Head of Minsk Police and Head of the Minsk anti-riot (OMON) operation team.	He commanded the troops that put down the peaceful demonstrations on 19 December 2010 and personally took part in the brutality, for which he received an award and an acknowledgement letter from President Lukashenko in February 2011. In 2011, he also commanded the troops that repressed several other protests by political activists and citizens in Minsk
Ivanov, Sergey	Deputy Head of Supply Division of the Ideological and Personnel Directorate of the Minsk Municipal Department of Interior	In February 2011, he received an award and an acknowledgement letter from President Lukashenko for his active participation and implementation of orders during the repression of the 19 December 2010 demonstrations
Kadin, Roman	Commanding officer of Weaponry and Technical Supply of the Motorised Patrol Service	In February 2011, he received an award and an acknowledgement letter from President Lukashenka for his active participation and implementation of orders during the repression of the 19 December 2010 demonstrations
Kalach, Vladimir Viktorovich	Head of the KGB of the Minsk Region and city of Minsk and former Deputy Head of the KGB for Minsk	Responsible for the repressive work of the KGB civil society and the democratic opposition in Minsk
Kovalev, Aleksandr Mikhailovich	Director of the prison camp in Gorki	He was responsible for the inhuman treatment of the detainees, especially for persecution and torturous treatment of civil society activist Dzmitry Dashkevich, who was imprisoned in relation to the 19 December 2010 elections and the crackdown on civil society and on the democratic opposition
Korzh, Ivan Alekseevich	Head of the KGB of the Hrodna Region	Responsible for the repressive work of the KGB against civil society and democratic opposition in the region of Hrodna
Krashevski, Viktor	Head of the GRU.	Responsible for the work of the intelligence services in the repression of civil society and of the democratic opposition.
Kuleshov, Anatoli Nilovich	Former Minister of Interior	Has been actively involved in the repression of civil society in Belarus. In his former role as Minister of Interior he commanded the troops of the Ministry of Interior that brutally repressed the peaceful demonstrations on 19 December 2010 and showed some pride for this responsibility. Assigned to the army reserve forces in January 2012.
Kuznetsov, Igor Nikonovich	Head of KGB Training Centre, former Head of the KGB in the Minsk Region and in Minsk city.	As the person responsible for preparing and training KGB staff, he was responsible for the repressive work of the KGB against civil society and the democratic opposition. In relation to his previous functions, he was responsible for the same repressive work of the KGB in Minsk city and in the region of Minsk.
Leskovski, Ivan Anatolievich	Head of the KGB for Homel and former Deputy Head of the KGB for Homel	Responsible for the repressive work of the KGB against civil society and democratic opposition in the region of Homel
Lukomski, Aleksandr Valentinovich	Commander of the Special Regiment of the Ministry of Interior of the City of Minsk	He commanded the troops that repressed a peaceful demonstration on 19 December 2010, for which he received an award and an acknowledgement letter from President Lukashenko in February 2011. In June 2011, he also commanded troops that repressed peaceful citizens in Minsk
Maltsev, Leonid Semenovich	Secretary of the Security Council	Responsible for all state security services. He planned and ordered the repression of peaceful demonstrations on 19 December 2010.
Maslakov, Valeri Anatolievich	Head of the KGB Board of Intelligence	Responsible for the repressive work of the KGB against civil society and the democratic opposition
Naumov, Vladimir Vladimirovich	Former Minister of Interior and also former Head of the President's Security Service.	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	Remained on the sanctions list after 2016
	Head of the security service of the holding company Triple of Yuri Chizh, former Head of the Unit for Special Purposes, Ministry of Interior	As a commander of internal anti-riot troops he was directly responsible for and was directly involved in the violent repression of peaceful demonstrations, notably in 2004 and 2008
Pavlichenko, Dmitry Valerievich	Former Head of the Special Response Group at the Ministry of Interior (SOBR).	Key person in the unresolved disappearances of opposition leaders Yuri Zakharenko, Viktor Gonchar, opposition sponsor Anatoly Krasovski, and journalist Dmitri Zavadski in Belarus in 1999-2000	Remained on the sanctions list after 2016
Pekarski, Oleg Anatolievich	former first Deputy Minister of Interior	Has been actively involved in the repression of civil society in Belarus. Responsible for the repression of civil society following the December 2010 elections
Poluden, Yevgeni Yevgenyevich	Former Deputy Minister of Interior and Head of the militia (police)	Under his command, militia forces brutally repressed the peaceful demonstrations on 19 December 2010.
Sanko, Ivan Ivanovich	Major, senior investigator of the KGB	He conducted investigations which included the use of falsified evidence against opposition activists in the KGB detention centre in Minsk after the crackdown on the post-election protest demonstration in Minsk on December 19, 2010. His actions constituted a clear violation of the human rights by denying the right to a fair trial and the international commitments of Belarus in the field of human rights
Shamyonov, Vadim Igorevich	Captain, head of operative unit of penal colony IK-17 in Shklov	Exerted pressure on political prisoners, denying their right to correspondence, and made threats in order to extort confessions. Directly responsible for violating the human rights of political prisoners and opposition activists by the use of cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment. His actions constituted a direct violation of the international commitments of Belarus in the field of human rights
Shugaev, Sergei Mikhailovich	Head of the KGB Counter-Intelligence Division and former Deputy Head of the KGB Counter-Intelligence Board	Responsible for the repressive work of the KGB against civil society and the democratic opposition
Sergeenko, Igor Petrovich	Head of the KGB of the City District of Mahiliou	Responsible for the repressive work of the KGB against civil society and democratic opposition in the region of Mahiliou.
	Former Minister of Interior and former Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration	Orchestrated the unresolved disappearances of Yuri Zakharenko, Viktor Gonchar, Anatoly Krasovski and Dmitri Zavadski in Belarus in 1999–2000. Deputy rector of Minsk Institute of Management, former Minister of Tourism and Sports, former Minister of Interior and former Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration.	Remained on the sanctions list after 2016
Smolenski, Nikolai Zinovievich	Deputy Head of CIS Anti-terrorism Centre and former Deputy Head of the KGB, in charge of staff and the organisation of their tasks	Responsible for the repressive work of the KGB against civil society and democratic opposition
	Ambassador of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, former Chairman of the KGB	He threatened peaceful activists before demonstrations in 2006, and was one of the main actors in the repression after the fraudulent elections of the democratic opposition and of civil society. He was also the initiator of repressive legislative amendments and laws against the democratic opposition and civil society
Sukhov, Dmitri Vyacheslavovich	Lieutenant-Colonel, operative of the military counter-intelligence of the KGB	He falsified evidence and used threats and excessive force in order to extort confessions from opposition activists in the KGB detention centre in Minsk after the crackdown on the post-election protest demonstration in Minsk on 19 December 2010
Svorob, Nikolai Konstantinovich	Former Deputy Head of the KGB	He has been actively involved in the repression of civil society in Belarus. He was responsible for the repressive work of the KGB against civil society and democratic opposition
Tolstashov, Aleksandr Olegovich	Head of the KGB Board on Protection of the Constitutional Order and Fight Against Terrorism	Responsible for the repressive work of the KGB against civil society and democratic opposition
Tretiak, Petr Vladimirovich	Former Deputy Head of the KGB and Member of the Commission of the Security Council on radio frequencies	He has been actively involved in the repression of civil society in Belarus. He was responsible for the repressive work of the KGB against civil society and democratic opposition
Traulko, Pavel	Lieutenant Colonel, former operative of the military counter-intelligence of the KGB, then head of the press service of the newly formed Investigative Committee of Belarus	He falsified evidence and used threats in order to extort confessions from opposition activists in the KGB detention centre in Minsk after the crackdown on the post-election protest demonstration in Minsk on 19 December 2010. He was directly responsible for the use of cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment and for denying the right to a fair trial. His actions constituted a direct violation of the international commitments of Belarus in the field of human rights.
Tertel, Ivan Stanislavovich	Deputy Head of the KGB, in charge of economic crime and the fight against corruption	Responsible for the repressive work of the KGB against civil society and the democratic opposition.
Vtiurin, Andrei Aleksandrovich	Head of the Presidential Security Service	Under his supervision, several members of his service took part in interrogations of political activists after the demonstrations on 19 December 2010
Voropaev, Igor Grigorievich	Deputy General Manager for Scientific work of the company "Research Institute on Electronic Computers" under the control of the State military-industrial committee; former Head of the KGB Board on State Communications	Responsible for the repressive work of the KGB against civil society and democratic opposition
Vegera, Viktor Pavlovich	First Deputy Head of the KGB	Responsible for the repressive work of the KGB against civil society and democratic opposition. He was the initiator of the case of the political prisoner Ales Byaliatski, one of the most prominent human rights defenders, Chief of the Belarusian Human Rights Centre Vyasna, Vice President of FIDH. A. Byalyatski was active in defending and providing assistance to those who suffered from repression in relation to the 19 December 2010 elections and the crackdown on civil society and on the democratic opposition.
Volkov, Sergei Mikhailovich	Former Head of the KGB Board of Intelligence	Has been actively involved in the repression of civil society in Belarus. Responsible for the repressive work of the KGB against civil society and democratic opposition.
Yermolitski, Sergei Vladimirovich	Director of the prison camp in Shklov	He was responsible for the inhuman treatment of the detainees and persecution of former presidential candidate Nikolai Statkevich, who was imprisoned in relation to the 19 December 2010 events, and other inmates.
Zaitsev, Vadim Iurievich	Head of the KGB	Responsible for transforming the KGB into the main organ of repression of civil society and of the democratic opposition. Responsible for the dissemination, through the media, of false information about the demonstrators on 19 December 2010, alleging that they had brought materials to be used as weapons. He personally threatened the lives and health of the wife and child of former presidential candidate, Andrei Sannikov. He is the main initiator of orders for unlawful harassment of democratic opposition, the torture of political opponents and the mistreatment of prisoners.
Zakharov, Alexey Ivanovich	Former Head of Military Counter-intelligence Board of the KGB	Has been actively involved in the repression of civil society in Belarus. He was responsible for the repressive work of the KGB against civil society and the democratic opposition. Under his supervision, KGB staff took part in interrogations of political activists following the demonstration on 19 December 2010.

Remaining EU sanctions list after 2016^[9][]

Name	Position	Accusations	Remarks
Uladzimir Navumau	Former Minister of Interior and also former Head of the President's Security Service	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. As a Minister of Interior he was responsible for the repression of peaceful demonstrations until his retirement on 6 April 2009 for health reasons
Dmitri Pavlichenko	Head of the Belarusian Special Rapid Reaction Unit	Key person in the unresolved disappearances of Yuri Zakharenko, Viktor Gonchar, Anatoly Krasovski and Dmitri Zavadski in Belarus in 1999-2000
Viktor Sheiman	Head of the Management Department of the Presidential Administration	Responsible for the unresolved disappearances of Yuri Zakharenko, Viktor Gonchar, Anatoly Krasovski and Dmitri Zavadski in Belarus in 1999-2000
	Former Minister of Interior and former Deputy Head of the Administration of the President of Belarus	Orchestrated the unresolved disappearances of Yuri Zakharenko, Viktor Gonchar, Anatoly Krasovski and Dmitri Zavadski in Belarus in 1999–2000.

Sanctions after the disputed 2020 presidential election[]

After the disputed Belarusian presidential elections of 2020, several western countries announced sanctions against Belarusian officials. Latvia has been the first country to do so on 31 August,^[10] joined soon by Lithuania and Estonia.^[11][12] The list included President Lukashenko and all Central Election Committee members as well as other senior state official and security forces commanders.^[10]

The Baltic states were later followed by Canada,^[13][14] the United Kingdom,^[15] the United States,^[16][17] the European Union,^[18][19][20] Switzerland^[21] and New Zealand.^[22] These countries have sanctioned various numbers of Belarusian officials "for their roles in the fraudulent August 9, 2020 Belarus presidential election or the subsequent violent crackdown on peaceful protesters"^[17] or under similar motivations.

Timeline of the sanctions[]

2020[]

• On 14 August, EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell announced that the EU would bring in sanctions against Belarusian officials responsible for "violence and falsification".^[23][24] Charles Michel, President of the European Council went further on 19 August saying the EU would soon impose sanctions on a "substantial number" of individuals responsible for violence, repression, and election fraud.^[25] The European Commission announced it would divert €53 million earmarked for Belarus away from the government and towards civil society, victims of the state crackdown on protesters and the country's fight against the coronavirus pandemic.^[26][27][28]
• On 18 August, the Lithuanian parliament agreed to impose economic sanctions.^[29]
• On 19 August, the Prime Minister of Slovakia stated that the Government of Slovakia introduced sanctions against Belarus in the new legislative session.^[30]
• On 31 August, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania imposed sanctions on 30 Belarusian officials, including Alexander Lukashenko.^[31]
• On 10 September, the EU sanctions on Belarus were delayed by a separate dispute between Cyprus and Turkey,^[32] which has occupied the northern part of Cyprus since July 1974. Greece and Cyprus were pushing for a sanction on Turkey in a dispute in the Eastern Mediterranean.^[33]
• On 25 September, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania imposed sanctions on around a hundred Belarus officials.^[34]
• On 29 September, personal sanctions against members of the regime, including Alexander and Viktor Lukashenko, were imposed by the UK and Canada. 8 and 11 individuals were affected, respectively. The sanctions included travel bans and asset freezes.^[35][36]
• On 2 October, the EU imposed sanctions on 40 Belarusian officials. Lukashenko was exempted from the sanctions as the EU aims to encourage Lukashenko to engage in talks with the opposition. Hours later, Belarus retaliated with sanctions against EU officials.^[37] On the same day, the US imposed sanctions on 8 Belarusian individuals.^[38]
• On 13 October, Switzerland joined the EU sanctions against 40 Belarusian individuals.^[39][40]
• On 15 October, Canada imposed sanctions on 31 additional Belarusian individuals.^[41]
• On 6 November, the EU imposed sanctions on Alexander Lukashenko and 14 other officials for repression of the pro-democracy movement following August's contested election. Their assets in EU member states were frozen and they are banned from entering EU territory.^[42] On the same day, Canada imposed sanctions on 13 Belarusian individuals.^[43]
• On 19 November, the EU announced an upcoming list of sanctions targeting the country's firms and entrepreneurs that finance Lukashenko. According to Borrell, up to date no positive signs were seen from the regime and the new measures will increase economic pressure on the self-proclaimed president.^[44][45]
• On 20 November, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Albania and Ukraine aligned themselves with the October EU sanctions against 40 Belarusian individuals.^[46] Separately on the same day, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania imposed sanctions on 28 Belarusian individuals.^[47]
• On 24 November, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, North Macedonia, Montenegro and Albania aligned themselves with the November EU sanctions against 15 Belarusian individuals.^[48]
• On 11 December, Switzerland joined the November EU sanctions against 15 Belarusian individuals.^[49]
• On 17 December, the EU imposed a third round of economic sanctions on dozens of Belarusian individuals and entities. They include restrictive measures imposed on the head of Belarusian state television, Ivan Eismant, Deputy Prime Minister Anatol Sivak, Information Minister Ihar Lutsky, and 26 other individuals. The sanctions package also included asset freezes on seven Belarusian companies, including arms exporter CJSC Beltechexport.^[50]
• On 23 December, the US imposed sanctions on one Belarusian individual and four entities, including Central Election Commission of Belarus.^[51]

2021[]

• On 26 January 2021, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, North Macedonia, Montenegro and Albania aligned themselves with the December EU sanctions against Belarusian individuals and entities.^[52]
• On 18 February, the UK imposed sanctions on 27 additional individuals.^[53]
• On 22 March, Switzerland imposed sanctions on 29 Belarusian individuals and seven entities.^[54]
• On 24 March, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, North Macedonia, Montenegro and Albania aligned themselves with the February EU decision to prolong the restrictive measures concerning Belarus.^[55]
• On 25 March, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania put another 118 Belarusian individuals on their sanctions lists.^[56]
• On 17 June, New Zealand introduced travel bans against more than fifty individuals associated with the Lukashenko regime, including himself and key members of his administration, the electoral commission, the police and other security forces.^[57]
• On 21 June, following the forced diversion of Ryanair Flight 4978, several countries added some Belarusian individuals and entities to their sanctions lists. Namely, the EU imposed a fourth round of restrictive measures against 78 Belarusian individuals (including prominent government officials and business figures) and seven^[58] entities, with among others, BelAZ and MAZ automobile plants;^[59] the UK imposed sanctions against 11 individuals and 2 entities;^[60] the US imposed sanctions on 16 Belarusian individuals and five entities, namely, Okrestina detention centre, Internal Troops of Belarus, GUBOPiK, KGB, Investigative Committee of Belarus;^[61] Canada imposed sanctions on 17 Belarusian individuals and five entities.^[62]
• On June 24, the EU also imposed sanctions on Belarusian economy.^[63]
• On 6 July, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, North Macedonia, Montenegro and Albania aligned themselves with the 21 June EU sanctions against Belarusian individuals and entities.^[64]
• On 7 July, Switzerland imposed sanctions on 78 individuals and seven organizations from Belarus.^[65]
• On 12–13 July, Norway,^[66] Iceland, North Macedonia, Montenegro and Albania aligned themselves with the EU sanctions against Belarusian economy.^[67]
• On 21 July, the UK imposed sanctions on the Agat Electromechanical Plant.^[68]
• On 9 August (anniversary of the 2020 election), several countries added some Belarus-related individuals and entities to their sanctions lists. Namely, the UK announced aviation restrictions, trade and financial measures, and designated businessman Mikhail Gutseriyev;^[69] the US sanctioned 23 individuals (government officials, kickboxer Dmitry Shakuta, directors of several state-owned enterprises, businessmen such as Mikalai Varabei and Aliaksei Aleksin, and high-ranking members of law enforcement) and 21 entities (Belaruskali, Grodno tobacco factory, and Belarus Olympic Committee, among others) contributing to the situation in Belarus;^[70] Canada imposed trade and financial restrictions.^[71]
• On 11 August, Switzerland joined the June EU economic sanctions.^[72]
• On 2 December, after the start of the border crisis, several countries expanded their Belarus-related sanctions lists. Namely, the EU imposed a fifth round of restrictive measures against 17 individuals, targeting judges and top Belarusian officials, and 11 companies (Belavia, among others);^[73] the UK imposed sanctions against 8 Belarusian individuals and Belaruskali;^[74] the US designated 20 Belarusian individuals (Alexander Lukashenko's middle son Dmitry, GUBOPiK and State Border Committee officials, Belarusian sports official and politician Dzmitry Baskau, and Dmitriy Korzyuk, the deputy Minister of internal affairs) and 12 entities, identified three aircraft as blocked property and imposed sovereign debt restrictions on Belarus;^[75] Canada blacklisted 24 individuals and 6 entities of Belarus.^[76]
• On 20 December, Switzerland imposed sanctions against 17 individuals and 11 companies related to Belarus.^[77] The new Swiss sanctions are identical to the 2 December EU designations.^[78]
• On 22 December, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Albania aligned themselves with the 2 December EU sanctions against Belarusian individuals and entities.^[79]

Alexander Lukashenko and his family[]

Name	Remarks
Alexander Lukashenko	President of Belarus							[a]
Viktor Lukashenko	The eldest son of Alexander Lukashenko. National security advisor, member of the Security Council of Belarus, President of the National Olympic Committee of Belarus.							[a]
Liliya Lukashenka	Wife of Viktar Lukashenka and daughter-in-law of Aliaksandr Lukashenka. According to the EU, "she has been closely connected with a number of high-profile companies, which have benefitted from the Lukashenka regime, including Dana Holdings / Dana Astra, Belkhudozhpromysly concern and Eastleigh trading Ltd. She was present, alongside her husband Viktar Lukashenka, on Aliaksandr Lukashenka’s secret inauguration in September 2020. She is therefore benefiting from and supporting the Lukashenka regime"[80]
Dmitry Lukashenko	Son of Aliaksandr Lukashenka, businessman.[80]

Members of the Presidential Administration[]

Name	Remarks
[ru]	Head of the Presidential Administration
[ru]	First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration
[be]	Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of the Republic of Belarus
Olga Chupris	Deputy head of the Presidential Administration of Belarus
[ru]	Deputy head of the Presidential Administration of Belarus
[ru][81]	Deputy Head of Head of the Presidential Administration, earlier Minister of Information of the Republic of Belarus (2020—2021)
Andrei Pavlyuchenko	Deputy Head of the Operations and Analysis Center
Viktor Sheiman	Head of the Management Department of the Presidential Administration. Special Assistant/Aide to the President				[a]	[a]		[a]
[be]	Deputy Head of the Management Department of the Presidential Administration

Members of Elections Commissions[]

Name	Remarks
Lidia Yermoshina	Chairwoman of the Central Electoral Commission (1996–2021)							[a]
[ru]	Deputy Chairman of the Central Electoral Commission
Elena Dmukhailo	Secretary of the Central Electoral Commission
[be]	Member of the Central Electoral Commission
Olga Doroshenko	Member of the Central Electoral Commission
Andrey Gurzhiy	Member of the Central Electoral Commission
[be]	Member of the Central Electoral Commission
[be]	Secretary of the Central Electoral Commission
[be]	Member of the Central Electoral Commission, Head of the Main Department of Justice of the Minsk City Executive Committee
[ru]	Member of the Central Electoral Commission, Minister of Justice (2011–2021)
[be]	Member of the Central Electoral Commission
Marina Rakhmanova	Member of the Central Electoral Commission
[be]	Head of Minsk City Elections Commission, Chief of 1st Clinical Hospital of Minsk

Judges[]

Constitutional Court of Belarus[]

Name	Remarks
[ru]	Chairman of the Constitutional Court of Belarus							[a]
[ru]	Deputy Chairwoman of the Constitutional Court of Belarus
[be]	Judge of the Constitutional Court of Belarus
[be]	Judge of the Constitutional Court of Belarus
Tatyana Boiko	Judge of the Constitutional Court of Belarus
[be]	Judge of the Constitutional Court of Belarus
[be]	Judge of the Constitutional Court of Belarus
[be]	Judge of the Constitutional Court of Belarus.
[be]	Judge of the Constitutional Court of Belarus

Supreme Court of Belarus[]

Name	Remarks
[ru]	Chairman of the Supreme Court of Belarus
Valeriy Kalinkovich	First Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Court
Andrei Zabara	Deputy Chairman, Chairman of the Judicial Collegium for Civil Cases of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Belarus
[be]	Deputy Chairwoman of the Supreme Court
Yury Kobets	Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Court
Valiantsina Kulik	Judge of the Supreme Court
Ihar Liubavitski	Judge of the Supreme Court
Hanna Sakalouskaya	Judge of the Supreme Court

Lower courts[]

Name	Remarks
Siarhei Yepikhau (Sergei Yepikhov)	Judge at the Minsk Regional Court
Aleksandr Petrash	Chairman of the Maskowski District Court, Minsk
Yuliya Blizniuk	Deputy Chairwoman of the Frunzyenski District Court, Minsk
Aliaksandr Rudzenka (Aleksandr Rudenko)	Deputy Chairman of the Kastrychnitski District Court, Minsk
Marina Zapasnik	Deputy Chairwoman of the Leninsky District Court, Minsk
Aleksandr Yakunchihin	Deputy Chairman of the Savyetski District Court, Minsk
Svetlana Vorotynskaya	Deputy Chairwoman of the Chyhunachny District Court, Vitsebsk
Natalia Buguk	Judge, Frunzyenski District, Minsk
Mariya Yerokhina	Judge, Frunzyenski District, Minsk
Alena (Elena) Zhyvitsa	Judge, Kastrychnitski District, Minsk
Olga Neborskaya	Judge, Kastrychnitski District, Minsk
Tatsiana Matyl (Tatiana Motyl)	Judge, Maskowski District, Minsk
Anastasia Achalava	Judge, Leninsky District, Minsk
Natalia Dedkova	Judge, Partyzanski District, Minsk
Anastasia Kulik	Judge, Pyershamayski District, Minsk
Maksim Trusevich	Judge, Pyershamayski District, Minsk
Mikhail Yurchenko	Judge, Pyershamayski District, Minsk
Marina Fedorova	Judge, Savyetski District, Minsk
Vera Golovkova	Judge, Savyetski District, Minsk
Siarhei Shatsila	Judge, Savyetski District, Minsk
Aliaksandr Vouk (Aleksandr Volk)	Judge, Savyetski District, Minsk
Yulia Hustyr	Judge, Tsentralny District, Minsk
Dzmitriy Karsiuk (Dmitriy Karsyuk)	Judge, Tsentralny District, Minsk
Ivan Kostyan	Judge, Tsentralny District, Minsk
Viktoriya Shabunia	Judge, Tsentralny District, Minsk
Elena Nekrasova	Judge, Zavodski District, Minsk
Andrei Hrushko (Grushko)	Judge, Leninsky District, Brest
Andrei Lahunovich (Lagunovich)	Judge, Savyetski District, Gomel
Alena (Elena) Litvina	Judge, Leninsky District, Mogilev
Yekaterina Gruda	Judge, Baranavichy
Aleksei Irshin	Judge of the Maladzechna District Court
Maksim Filatau (Filatov)	Judge of the Lida District Court

Propaganda and information systems[]

Name	Remarks
[ru]	Head of the National State Television and Radio Company of Belarus
Natallia Eismant	Press secretary of Alexander Lukashenko
[ru]	Minister of Information of the Republic of Belarus
[ru]	Minister of Communications and Informatization of the Republic of Belarus
[be]	Deputy Minister of Information
Pavel Liohki	Deputy Minister of Information
	General Director, Beltelecom
Aleksey Pinchuk	Head of the group of information support and cultural work, Military Academy of the Republic of Belarus
[be]	TV propagandist, manager of the state-owned ONT TV channel
[ru][81]	TV presenter and propagandist, National State Television and Radio Company of Belarus
[be][81]	TV presenter and propagandist, National State Television and Radio Company of Belarus
Dzmitry Zhuk	Editor-in-chief of Sovetskaya Belorussiya
[be][81]	Newspaper propagandist, Sovetskaya Belorussiya
[be]	Newspaper propagandist, Sovetskaya Belorussiya

Regional officials[]

Name	Remarks
[ru]	Chairman of the Minsk City Executive Committee (2018–2020), later Deputy Prime Minister
[ru]	First Deputy Prime Minister
[ru]	Chairman of the Mahiliou Region Executive Committee (2019–2021)
[ru]	Chairman of Vitsebsk Region Executive Committee (2014–2021)
[ru]	Chairman of Gomel Region Executive Committee (2019–2021)
[ru]	Chairman of Grodno Region Executive Committee, earlier Minister of Healthcare
[ru]	Head of Minsk Central District Administration (2018–2021)
Anton Kulak	Chief of Architecture and Construction Department, Pyershamayski District, Minsk

Security Forces[]

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KGB[]

Name	Remarks
[ru]	Chairman of the KGB, earlier Chairman of the  [ru] (2020) and Deputy Chairman of the KGB (2008–2020)
[ru]	First Deputy Chairman of the KGB
[ru]	Deputy Chairman of the KGB
[ru]	Deputy Chairman of the KGB
[ru]	Deputy Chairman of the KGB
Valery Vakulchik	Former Chairman of the KGB, in 2020 State Secretary of the Security Council of Belarus

Interior Ministry[]

Central apparatus[]

Name	Remarks
Yury Karayeu	Minister of Internal Affairs (2019–2020), Major-General of Police
Nikolay Karpenkov[81]	Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs. Colonel of Police
Ivan Kubrakov	Head of the Main Internal Affairs Directorate of the Minsk City Executive Committee, later Interior Minister
[ru]	Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs. Commander of Internal Troops
[ru]	Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs, Chief of Public Security Police, Major General of Police
[be]	Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs, earlier Head of the Traffic Police
[be]	Press Secretary of the Interior Ministry (2018–2021)
Aleksandr Agafonov	Head of the Investigative Group
Alexander Shepelev	Head of the Department for Safety and Security, Ministry of Internal Affairs
Alexander Bykov	Commander of the Special Rapid Response Unit ( [ru]), Lieutenant Colonel
Andrei Belenkov	no data
Andrei Zagorsky	Assistant Commander of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus
Dmitry Kuryan	Head of the Department of Law Enforcement of the Ministry of Internal Affairs
Dmitry Pavlichenko	Head of the Interior Ministry's Special Forces Veterans Association					[a]		[a]
[be]	First Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs, Chief of the Criminal Police, Colonel of Police
[ru]	First Deputy Commander of Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs – Head of Staff
[ru]	Former Minister of Tourism and Sports, former Minister of Interior, and former Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration				[a]	[a]		[a]
[ru]	Deputy Commander of Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus
Maksim Rusanovich	[ru] employee
Mikhail Valko	Head of Operative Command of the Interior Ministry
Oleg Karazei	Head of the Penitentiary Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus
Oleg Matkin	Head of Penal Correction Department in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Major-General of Police
Oleg Belyakov	Deputy Head of Penal Correction Department in the Ministry of Internal Affairs
Sergey Zubkov	Alpha Group Commander
Oleg Shablyko	Deputy Head of the Security Department, Head of Ideology and Staffing
Roman Melnik	Head of the Main Department of Law Enforcement and Prevention
[be]	Minister of Justice, earlier Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs, Major-General of Police
Uladzimir Navumau	Former Minister of the Interior. Former Head of the President's Security Service				[a]	[a]		[a]
Vasili Vasiukovich	Deputy Chief of Staff, Head of Control and Inspection Division of the Interior Ministry
Viktor Stanislavchik	Deputy Head of Department - Head of Public Security Police
Viktoria Dashkova	Police camerawoman
Vladimir Romaniuk	Securities forces soldier
Vladislav Mandrik	Head of the Correctional Process Organization Department, Interior Ministry
Yevgeniy Savich	Member of the Internal Troops Spetsnaz

GUBOPiK[]

Name	Remarks
Andrei Parshin	Head of GUBOPiK
Oleg Larin	Deputy head of GUBOPiK
Denis Chemodanov	Deputy head of GUBOPiK
Mikhail Bedunkevich	Deputy head of GUBOPiK
Vasiliy Sysoyev	A divisional leader of GUBOPiK
Dmitriy Kovach	A divisional leader of GUBOPiK
Aleksandr Zhivlyuk	A divisional leader of GUBOPiK
Andrei Makarevich	A divisional leader of GUBOPiK
Vladimir Vashkevich	A divisional leader of GUBOPiK
Aleksandr Alyoksa	A divisional leader of GUBOPiK

OMON[]

Name	Remarks
[ru]	Head of OMON, Minsk
Aleksey Kovalyov	Commander of OMON group, Minsk City Police Department
Leonid Zhuravski	Head of OMON in Vitsebsk
Maksim Mikhovich	Head of OMON in Brest, Lieutenant Colonel
Mikhail Domarnatski	Head of OMON, Homiel
Nikolay Gorelikov	Head of OMON, Mahiliou
Viktor Kravtsevich	OMON commander, Hrodna
Andrei Khomich	Commander of OMON Operative Company, Minsk Police Department
Dmitry Zhmuro	Commander of OMON Operative Company, Hrodna District
Kirill Yanushonok	OMON Operational Company Department Commander, Vitsebsk Region
Sergey Manaev	Deputy Commander of the OMON of the Vitsebsk Regional Executive Committee, responsible for ideological work and staffing
Pavel Asovik	OMON soldier, Minsk Police Department

Regional police officials[]

Name	Remarks
[be]	Head of the Minsk City Police Department
Aleksandr Vasilyev	Head of the Department of Internal Affairs of Homiel Region Executive Committee
	Head of Department of Internal Affairs of Homiel Region
Oleg Shulyakovsky	First Deputy Head of the Department of Internal Affairs of Homiel Executive Committee; Head of Criminal Police
Aleksandr Voiteshko	Head of Traffic Police, Hrodna Region
Alexander Aleshkevich	First Deputy Head of the District Department of Internal Affairs in Maskouski District, Minsk, Head of Criminal Police
Alexander Pavlovich	Head of the Department of Internal Affairs of Homiel Region Executive Committee
Aleksandr Kisel	Chief of the Public Security Police of the Internal Affairs Directorate of the Brest Regional Executive Committee
Aleksandr Astreiko	Head of Department of Internal Affairs of Brest Region Executive Committee, Major-General of Police
Ivan Sokolovski	Director of the Okrestina detention centre, Minsk
Leonid Kruk	Chief of Public Order Protection Department, Uzda District
Andrei Guz	Police Battalion Commander, Savyetski District of Minsk
Dmitry Shumilin	Deputy Head of Mass Events, Minsk Police
Maxim Gamola	Head of the Police Department of Maskouski District, Minsk
Andrei Galenka	Deputy Head of the District Department of Internal Affairs in Maskouski District, Minsk, Head of Public Safety Police
Aleksei Shakhovich	Head of the Department of Law Enforcement and Prevention, Chief of the Public Security Police of the Internal Affairs Directorate of the Vitsebsk Regional Executive Committee
Andrei Lagota	Chief of the Department of the Interior, Zhabinka District
Andrei Prikhodko	Precinct Police Inspector, Savyetski District, Minsk
Sergey Kalinnik	First Deputy Head of the Department of Internal Affairs, Head of the Criminal Police, Savyetski District of Minsk
Andrey Lilya	Chief Ideologist and HR, Penal Colony Number 13, Hlybokaye
Artiom Bagrets	Guard, Prison Number 1, Navapolatsk
Gennadiy Solovey	Deputy Chief - Chief of the Public Security Police of the Salihorsk District
Dmitriy Vishnevskiy	Chief Minors Affairs Inspector, Orsha District
Sergei Semenov	Senior detective of the Drug Control and Anti-Trafficking group, Criminal Police, Rahachou District
Yegor Guk	Chief of Special Police Group, Department of Security, Lida District
Sergey Grib	Head of Police Station number 2, Skidzel, Hrodna Region
Sergey Gerashchenko	District police inspector, Chachersk District
Sergey Solovey	Deputy Head of the Salihorsk District Department of Internal Affairs
Vadim Prigara	Police Chief, Maladzechna District
Valery Zhuk	Acting Deputy Chief of Police, Valozhyn District
Vitaliy Stasiukevich	Deputy Head of the Public Security Police, Hrodna
Vitaliy Osotski	Head of the Vaukavysk District Department of Internal Affairs

Prosecutor’s Office[]

Name	Remarks
[ru]	Prosecutor General of Belarus
Alexey Stuk	Deputy Prosecutor General of the Republic of Belarus
[ru]	Former Prosecutor General of the Republic of Belarus.

Investigative Committee[]

Name	Remarks
[ru]	Chairman of the Investigative Committee of Belarus
[ru]	Former Chairman of the Investigative Committee of Belarus
	Deputy Chairman of the Investigative Committee
[be]	Deputy Chairman of the Investigative Committee
[be]	Deputy Chairman of the Investigative Committee
Oleg Shandarovich	Deputy Chairman of the Investigative Committee
[be]	Deputy Chairman of the Investigative Committee
Gennadi Dysko	Deputy Chairman of the Investigative Committee
	Head of the Investigation Group of the Central Apparatus of the Investigative Committee

State Border Committee[]

Name	Remarks
[ru]	Chairman of the Committee
Igor Butkevich	First Deputy Chairman of the Committee
Siarhei Novikau	Deputy Chairman of the Committee
Ihar Pechan	Deputy Chairman of the Committee
Raman Podlineu	Deputy Chairman of the Committee
Igor Gutnik	Head of the Brest Border Group
Konstantin Molostov	Head of the Grodno Border Group
Maksim Butranets	Head of the Smorgon Border Detachment
Aliaksandr Davidziuk	Head of the Lida Border Detachment
Pavel Kharchanka	Head of the Polotsk Border Detachment
Igor Kriuchkov	Head of  [ru]

Military[]

Name	Remarks
Viktor Khrenin	Minister of Defense
Andrei Ravkov	Belarus Ambassador to Azerbaijan, former Secretary of State of the Security Council of Belarus (2020), earlier Minister of Defense
[ru]	Commander of the Special Forces of Belarus
Igor Golub	Commander of the Belarusian Air Force
Andrei Gurtsevich	First Deputy Commander of the Belarusian Air Force

[]

Name	Remarks
Igor Marshalov	Deputy Chairman of the  [ru], Director of the Financial Investigations Department of the State Control Committee
Andrey Prokopuk	Deputy Director of the Financial Investigations Department of the State Control Committee
Artem Dunko	Senior Inspector for Special Matters of the Financial Investigations Department of the State Control Committee

Other government officials[]

Name	Remarks
[ru]	Minister of Transport and Communications
Artsiom Sikorsky	Director for the Aviation Department of the Ministry of Transport and Communication
[ru]	Minister of Sport and Tourism
[ru]	Deputy Minister of Sport and Tourism
Anatoly Glaz	Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Members of the National Assembly of Belarus[]

Name	Remarks
Natalya Kochanova	Speaker of the Council of the Republic of Belarus
Dzmitry Baskau	Member of the Council of the Republic of Belarus, former Chief of Belarusian Ice Hockey Association
Gennady Davydko	Member of the House of Representatives, Chair of the Committee on Human Rights and Media
[ru]	Member of the House of Representatives, Deputy Chair­person of the Standing Commission on Inter­national Affairs
[ru]	Member of the House of Representatives, Chairperson of the Standing Commission on Law
[be]	Member of the House of Representatives, Deputy Chair­person of the Standing Commission on Law
[ru]	Member of the House of Representatives, Deputy Chair­person of the Standing Commission on Law

Managers of the state-owned enterprises[]

Name	Remarks
Andrei Rybakov	CEO of Belneftekhim
Andrei Bunakov	CEO of Belshina
[be]	CEO of Grodno Azot
Valery Ivankovich	CEO of Minsk Automobile Plant
Vyacheslav Khoroneko	Minsk National Airport director
Leonid Churo	CEO of  [be]

Businesspeople[]

Name	Remarks
Mikalai Varabei	Businessman. According to the EU, he "is benefiting from and supporting the Lukashenka regime."[82]
Aliaksei Aleksin	According to the EU, "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."[80]
[ru]	Businessman.[80]
Mikhail Gutseriyev	Businessman, owner of SAFMAR, and  [ru] companies. According to the EU, Gutseriyev "is a long-time friend of Aliaksandr Lukashenka and thanks to this association has accumulated significant wealth and influence among the political elite in Belarus. “SAFMAR”, a company controlled by Gutseriyev, was the only Russian oil firm that carried on supplying oil to Belarussian refineries during the energy crisis between Belarus and Russia in early 2020."[80]
[ru]	Businessman. According to the EU, "Siarhei is one of the leading businessmen operating in Belarus, with business interests in distribution of alcohol drinks (through his company “Belglobalstart”), food products and furniture. He belongs to Lukashenko‘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 that sells commercials on a number of Belarusian national TV channels. He is the chairman of Belarusian Tennis Federation and former Lukashenka’s aide for sports matters."[80]
Aliaksandr Shakutsin	Businessman. According to the EU, he "is reported to be one of the persons who benefited most from the privatisation during Lukashenko’s tenure as President."[82]
Nebojsa Karic	Businessman, one of the key figures in Dana Holdings.

State university rectors[]

Name	Remarks
[be]	Belarusian State Medical University rector
[be]	Belarusian State Academy of Arts rector
[be]	Brest State Technical University rector

Others[]

Name	Remarks
	Military Commissary of the Homiel Region
	Employee of Fire Brigade Number 12, Minsk
[ru][81]	Chief of state-controlled Federation of Unions
[ru]	Chief of Football Federation of Belarus
Dmitry Shakuta	Former champion kickboxer

Belarusian and Belarus-related entities[]

Government agencies[]

Name	Remarks
Alpha Group	An elite unit of the State Security Committee of the Republic of Belarus
[be-tarask]
Central Election Commission of Belarus	The body responsible for conducting national elections and overseeing local elections in Belarus
[be-tarask]
GUBOPiK	A state security service of Belarus
Internal Troops of Belarus	A paramilitary law enforcement force in Belarus subordinate to the Ministry of Internal Affairs
Investigative Committee of Belarus	A preliminary inquiry body
Minsk Special Purpose Police Unit (Minsk OMON)	The Minsk subdivision of the riot police of Belarus
[ru]	A Belarusian special border guard unit
KGB	The national intelligence agency of Belarus
Minsk City Police Department
Okrestina	A pre-trial detention centre in Minsk

State−owned companies[]

Name	Remarks
[ru]	A special purpose equipment producer
[be]	A special purpose equipment producer
[be]	A state-owned enterprise responsible for Belarusian air traffic control
[ru]	A state-owned commercial bank
Belarusbank	A state-owned commercial bank
[ru]	The main distributor of potash fertilizers produced by Belaruskali
Belaruskali	Largest potash producer in Belarus
Belavia	The flag carrier and national airline of Belarus
BelAZ	Belarusian automobile plant
[ru]	A state-owned commercial bank
Belneftekhim	An association of petrochemical companies in Belarus, subordinated to the Council of Ministers				[b]
Belorusneft	A state-owned petrochemical company
Belshina	A tire manufacturer in Belarus				[b]
Grodno Azot	A Belarusian state-run producer of nitrogen compounds and fertilizers located in Grodno				[b]
Grodno tobacco factory	Largest cigarette producer in Belarus
[ru]	A state-owned hotel in Minsk
[be]	A state-owned hotel in Minsk
[ru]	Belarusian producer of paints and varnishes located in Lida				[b]
MAZ	Minsk automobile plant
MZKT	Minsk Wheel Tractor Plant
Naftan	A Belarusian state-owned oil refinery located in Novopolotsk				[b]
[ru]	A state-owned defense producer and an equipment for forensic, security, and surveillance systems manufacturer
[be]	A Belarusian state-owned glass manifacturer located in Polotsk				[b]
TransAVIAexport Airlines	A Belarusian national airline involved in air transportation of cargo

Other notable entities[]

Name	Remarks
[be]	A private commercial bank
Belarus Olympic Committee
Cham Wings Airlines	A private Syrian airline				[c]
[ru]	A private group of constuction companies
[ru]	A private IT company that provides a surveillance platform, among other products

Circumvention of sanctions[]

In 2020 and 2021, Belarusian authorities made different efforts to circumvent the Western sanctions. They also hid the statistics to prevent revealing the ways used to circumvent them and track their effects.^[83][84] In particular, access to data regarding production and exports of the sanctioned goods became restricted to public.^[83] In October 2021, Belstat started to hide data regarding exports of tractors and trucks.^[85] Overall classified exports in January-August 2021 is estimated at USD 8.2 billion.^[85] In September 2021, Alexander Lukashenko mentioned minister of industry  [ru] and vice prime minister  [ru] as the people who organized the circumvention of sanctions.^[86] He also accused several workers of state factories of gathering information about the ways used to circumvent the sanctions, and he threatened them with imprisonment.^[86][87] 13 workers from Grodno Azot fertilizer factory, Naftan oil refinery, BMZ steel mill and Belarusian Railway were arrested by the Belarusian KGB in a possible connection with this statement. It was reported that some of them were accused of state treason.^[86] At least two of them were later released.^[88]

Shareholder structure of several companies was changed in order to take the subsidiary companies out from the restrictions.^[83] It was suggested that companies related to Lukashenko's deputy businessperson Mikalai Varabei were used to bypass the sanctions in the petroleum sector of industry.^[83] Polisch political scientist Piotr Żochowski suggested that the authorities will redirect their exports "through a chain of intermediaries in other countries", thus partially circumventing the sanctions.^[89]

Some Western companies helped Belarusian authorities to avoid sanctions or lobbied their lifting. In October 2021, director of the state-owned BMZ steel mill boasted that his factory wasn't sanctioned "due to certain actions taken by BMZ clients".^[90][91] In October 2021, Belgian authorities showed interest in easing of sanctions against Belarusian potash industry.^[92] It was later revealed that Belgian chemical company Tessenderlo Group lobbyied this initiative.^[93]

See also[]

• Censorship in Belarus
• Human rights in Belarus
• 2010 Belarusian presidential election
• 2006 Belarusian presidential election
• 2004 Belarusian referendum
• 1996 Belarusian referendum

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