Council Decision 2012/642/CFSP of 15 October 2012 concerning restrictive measures against Belarus

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. 21.6.2021

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. 21.6.2021

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. 21.6.2021

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 Maxim 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. He is therefore responsible for serious violations of human rights and the repression of civil society and democratic opposition. 21.6.2021

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. 21.6.2021

Dmitry Evgenevich BURDIUK Дзмітрый Яўгеньевіч БУРДЗЮК Дмитрий Евгеньевич БУРДЮК Function: Deputy Head of the Main Criminal Investigation Department of the Criminal Police of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus; 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 Nationality: Belarusian Personal identification: 3310180C009PB7 Passport number: MP3567896 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 in Belarus. 21.6.2021

Vitaliy Vitalevich KAPILEVICH Віталь Вітальевіч КАПIЛЕВIЧ Виталий Витальевич КАПИЛЕВИЧ Position(s): Former Head of the Leninsky District Police Department of Minsk; Former Deputy Head of the Main Directorate for Drug Control and Combating Human Trafficking of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus; Deputy Head of the Main Criminal Investigation Department of the Criminal Police of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus DOB: 26.11.1988 POB: Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian In his former position as 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 in Belarus. 21.6.2021

Kirill Stanislavovich KISLOV Кірыл Станіслававіч КIСЛОЎ Кирилл Станиславович КИСЛОВ Position(s): Former Head of the Zavodsky District Police Department of Minsk; Former Deputy Chief of the Public Safety Police of the Main Directorate of Internal Affairs of the Minsk City Executive Committee; Deputy Head of the Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus DOB: 02.1.1979 POB: Minsk, former USSR (now Belarus) Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian In his former 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 remains active in the Lukashenka regime as the Deputy Head of the Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus. He is therefore supporting the Lukashenka regime and responsible for serious violations of human rights and the repression of civil society in Belarus. 21.6.2021

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: Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian 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. 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. 21.6.2021

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. 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. 21.6.2021

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. 21.6.2021

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. 21.6.2021

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. 21.6.2021

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. 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. 21.6.2021

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). 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. 21.6.2021

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 Personal identification: 3010871K003PB1 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. 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. 21.6.2021

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, Chernigovskaya 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. 21.6.2021

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 BY passport number: MP3849920 Personal identification: 3270771C016PB2 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. 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. 21.6.2021

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’. 21.6.2021

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. 21.6.2021

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. 21.6.2021

Oleg Sergeevich GAIDUKEVICH Алег Сяргеевіч ГАЙДУКЕВIЧ Олег Сергеевич ГАЙДУКЕВИЧ Position(s): 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, chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party of Belarus DOB: 26.3.1977 POB: Minsk, USSR (now Belarus) Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian Personal identification: 3260377A081PB9 Passport number: MP2663333 Aleh Haidukevich is the Deputy Chairman of the Standing Committee on International Affairs in the House of Representatives of the National Assembly, and 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. 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. Aleh Haidukevich is the chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party of Belarus, which supports Lukashenka. He is therefore supporting the Lukashenka regime. 21.6.2021

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. 2.12.2021

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. 2.12.2021

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. 2.12.2021

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 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. 2.12.2021

Igor Nikolaevich GUTNIK Iгар Мiкалаевiч ГУТНIК Игорь Николаевич ГУТНИК Position(s): Colonel, Deputy Chairman of the State Border Committee, former Head of the Brest Border Group DOB: 17.12.1974 POB: Village of Zabolotye, Smolevichi District, Minsk Region/Oblast, former USSR (now Belarus) Address: 90 Heroes of Defense of the Brest Fortress St., 224018, Brest, Belarus Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian Passport number: BM1962867 In his former position as Head of the Brest Border Group, Ihar Gutnik, who in 2018 became a deputy of the Brest Regional Council as one of the candidates loyal to Lukashenka, was responsible for the actions of the border guards under his command. The deliberate failure of the Brest 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 Deputy Chairman of the State Border Committee. 2.12.2021

Aleksandr Borisovich DAVIDIUK Аляксандр Барысавіч ДАВІДЗЮК Александр Борисович ДАВИДЮК Colonel, Head of the Lida Border Detachment, Military Unit 1234 (appointed on 27 September 2016), State Border Delegate Member of Lida District Council of Deputies of the 28th convocation (took office on 2 February 2018) DOB: 4.5.1973 POB: Novograd-Volynsky, Zhytomyr region, former USSR (now Ukraine) Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian Passport number: KH2613034 Personal ID: 3040573E050PB7 In his position as Head of the Lida Border Detachment, Aliaksandr Davidziuk is responsible for actions of border guards under his command. The deliberate failure of the Lida Border Detachment 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. 2.12.2021

Maxim Viktorovich BUTRANETS Максiм Вiктаравiч БУТРАНЕЦ Максим Викторович БУТРАНЕЦ Position(s): Head of the Brest Border Group, former Head of the Smorgon Border Group, Military Unit 2044 (appointed in March 2018), State Border Delegate DOB: 12.12.1978 POB: Sverdlovsk, former USSR (now Russian Federation) Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian In his former position as Head of the Smorgon Border Group, Maksim Butranets was responsible for actions of border guards under his command. The deliberate failure of the Smorgon Border Group to carry out its duties properly facilitates attempts by migrants to cross the border with Union Member States. Maksim Butranets also stated that the number of migrants at the Belarusian-Lithuanian border remained at the usual level, despite the substantial increase observed on the Lithuanian side. 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 as the Head of the Brest Border Group. 2.12.2021

Anatoliy Anatolyevich GLAZ Анатоль Анатольевіч ГЛАЗ Анатолий Анатольевич ГЛАЗ Head of the Department of Information and Digital Diplomacy (spokesperson) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus DOB: 31.7.1982 Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian Anatol Glaz has been Head of the Department of Information and Digital Diplomacy and Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus since 11 June 2018. In this capacity, he made a number of public statements, supporting the policy of the Lukashenka regime in its latest attempts to facilitate the illegal crossings of the external borders of Union Member States. He also publicly defended the forced landing of passenger flight FR4978 in Minsk airport without proper justification on 23 May 2021. This politically motivated decision had the aim of the arrest and detention of opposition journalist Raman Pratasevich and Sofia Sapega and is a form of repression against civil society and democratic opposition in Belarus. He is therefore supporting the Lukashenka regime. 2.12.2021

Sergei Aleksandrovich EPIKHOV Сяргей Аляксандравіч ЕПІХАЎ Сергей Александрович ЕПИХОВ Judge at the Minsk Regional Court DOB: 16.5.1966 Address: 38 Timoshenko St., apt. 198, Minsk, Belarus; 59 L.Tolstoy St., apt. 80, Vileika, Belarus; 14 Kedyshko St., apt. 11, Minsk, Belarus Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian Personal ID: 3160566B046PB4 In his position as judge at the Minsk Regional Court, Siarhei Epikhau is responsible for politically motivated rulings against opposition leaders and activists, in particular the sentencing of Maria Kolesnikova and Maksim Znak, who are considered as political prisoners by human rights organisations. Violations of rights of defence and of the 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. 2.12.2021

Igor Viacheslavovich LIUBOVITSKI Ігар Вячаслававіч ЛЮБАВІЦКІ Игорь Вячеславович ЛЮБОВИЦКИЙ Judge at the Supreme Court of the Republic of Belarus DOB: 21.7.1983 Address: Vogel 1K St., apt. 17, Minsk, Belarus Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian Personal ID: 3210783C002PB2 In his position as judge at the Supreme Court of the Republic of Belarus, Ihar Liubavitski is responsible for politically motivated rulings against opposition leaders, activists and journalists, in particular the sentencing of opposition presidential candidate Viktar Babarika, who is considered a political prisoner by human rights organisations. 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. 2.12.2021

Sergei Sergeevich GIRGEL Сяргей Сяргеевіч ГІРГЕЛЬ Сергей Сергеевич ГИРГЕЛЬ Senior Prosecutor of the Department of Public Prosecution of the General Prosecutor’s Office DOB: 16.6.1978 Address: 16 Lidskaya St., apt. 165, Minsk, Belarus Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian Personal ID: 3160678H018PB5 In his position as the Senior Prosecutor of the Department of Public Prosecution of the General Prosecutor’s Office, Siarhei Girgel has represented the Lukashenka regime in politically motivated cases against opposition leaders and civil society members. In particular he has prosecuted the opposition presidential candidate Viktar Babarika, who is recognised as a political prisoner by human rights organisations. Siarhei Girgel has continuously asked the judge for long-term prison sentences. 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. 2.12.2021

Valentina Gennadevna KULIK Валянціна Генадзьеўна КУЛІК Валентина Геннадьевна КУЛИК Judge at the Supreme Court of the Republic of Belarus DOB: 15.1.1960 Address: 54 Angarskaya St., apt. 48, Minsk, Belarus Gender: female

Nationality: Belarusian Personal ID: 4150160A119PB2 In her position as judge at the Supreme Court of the Republic of Belarus, Valiantsina Kulik is responsible for politically motivated decisions against activists and opposition leaders. In particular she denied Viktar Babarika’s complaint to initiate a civil case based on his complaints against the Central Electoral Commission’s decision to refuse registration as a presidential candidate. 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. 2.12.2021

Andrey Andreevich PROKOPUK Андрэй Андрэевiч ПРАКАПУК Андрей Андреевич ПРОКОПУК Position: Director of the Republican Unitary Enterprise ‘Brest Center for Standardization, Metrology and Certification’, former Deputy Director of the Financial Investigations Department of the State Control Committee of the Republic of Belarus Colonel of the Financial Police DOB: 22.7.1973 POB: Kobrin, Brest region, Belarus Address: 22 Mira St., apt. 88, Priluki, Minsk Region, Belarus Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian Personal ID: 3220773C061PB1 In his former position as the Deputy Director of the Financial Investigations Department of the State Control Committee of the Republic of Belarus, Andrei Prakapuk was responsible for politically motivated campaigns of that department against journalists and independent Belarusian media outlets. He personally approved a decision to search the premises of independent media outlet TUT.by and initiated a court case into TUT.by and the journalists employed by TUT.by, as well as blocking access to the TUT.by website. He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations and the repression of civil society and democratic opposition as well as for seriously undermining the rule of law. He remains active in the Lukashenka regime as Director of the Republican Unitary Enterprise ‘Brest Center for Standardization, Metrology and Certification’. 2.12.2021

Igor Anatolevich MARSHALOV Ігар Анатольевіч МАРШАЛАЎ Игорь Анатольевич МАРШАЛОВ Deputy Chairman of the State Control Committee, Director of the Financial Investigations Department of the State Control Committee Major General of Financial Police DOB: 12.1.1972 POB: Shkolv, Mogilev Region/Oblast, former USSR (now Belarus) Address: 15 Shchukina St., Minsk, Belarus; 43A Franciska St., apt. 41, Minsk, Belarus Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian Personal ID: 3120172H018PB4 Ihar Marshalau is the Deputy Chairman of the State Control Committee of Belarus and Director of the Financial Investigations Department of the State Control Committee. In that position, he is responsible for initiating the politically motivated tax evasion case against the media outlet TUT.by, allegedly based on Article 243 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus, which threatens the freedom of media in Belarus. He is also responsible for the searches conducted in May 2021 at the office of TUT.by in Minsk, at regional offices and at the homes of several TUT.by staff. He is also responsible for the detention of members of the Belarus Press Club in December 2020, a search and confiscation of items at the office of Rights of People with Disabilities including the violent interrogation of Aleh Hrableuski and Syarhei Drazdouski in January 2021, the detention of and tax evasion charges on member of the Coordination Council Liliya Ulasava, as well as the searches and detentions affecting employees of PandaDoc software company, who was running the initiative ‘Protect Belarus’, in September 2021. He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations and the repression of civil society and democratic opposition as well as for seriously undermining the rule of law. 2.12.2021

Anna Mikhaylovna SOKOLOVSKAYA Ганна Міхайлаўна САКАЛОЎСКАЯ Анна Михайловна СОКОЛОВСКАЯ Judge of the Judicial Collegium for Civil Cases at the Supreme Court DOB: 18.9.1955 Address: 22 Surhanava St., apt. 1, Minsk, Belarus Gender: female

Nationality: Belarusian Personal ID: 4180955A015P80 In her position as judge at the Supreme Court of the Republic of Belarus, Hanna Sakalouskaya is responsible for the politically motivated decision to liquidate the Belarus PEN Center – a Belarusian civil society organisation. She is also responsible for a politically motivated decision leading up to the liquidation of the Belarus Helsinki Committee (BHC), as on 2 September 2021 she dismissed the complaint from BHC concerning the warning directed towards BHC by the Belarusian Ministry of Justice. 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. 2.12.2021

Marat Sergeevich MARKOV Марат Сяргеевіч МАРКАЎ Марат Сергеевич МАРКОВ Chairman of the Management Board of State-controlled TV channel ONT, host of the ‘Markov: Nothing Personal’ programme DOB: 1.5.1969 POB: Luninets, former USSR (now Belarus) Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian Marat Markau is the Chairman of the Management Board of State-controlled TV channel ONT and the host of the ‘Markov: Nothing Personal’ programme. In this position he has been willingly providing the Belarusian public with false information about the outcome of elections, protests and the repression perpetrated by the State authorities, and the circumstances of the forced landing of passenger flight FR4978 in Minsk airport without proper justification on 23 May 2021. He is directly responsible for the way in which the ONT channel presents information about the situation in the country, thus lending support to the authorities, including Lukashenka. He is therefore supporting the Lukashenka regime. Markov conducted the first forced interview with Raman Pratasevich, after Pratasevich was detained and according to numerous reports tortured by the Belarusian authorities. Markov also threatened and intimidated ONT workers who were striking in the wake of fraudulent 2020 presidential elections and authorities’ crackdown. He is therefore responsible for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition. 2.12.2021

Dmitriy Sergeevich KARSIUK Дзмітрый Сяргеевіч КАРСЮК Дмитрий Сергеевич КАРСЮК Judge at the Central District of the City of Minsk Court DOB: 7.7.1995 Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian In his position as judge at the Central District of the City of Minsk Court, Dzmitriy Karsiuk is responsible for numerous politically motivated rulings against peaceful protesters, in particular the sentencing of Yahor Viarshynin, Pavel Lukoyanov, Artsiom Sakovich and Mikalai Shemetau, who are recognised as political prisoners by Belarusian Human rights organisation Viasna. He has sentenced people to penal colony, prison and house arrest for taking part in peaceful protests, posts on social media, use of the white-red-white flag of Belarus and other exercises of civil freedoms. 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. 2.12.2021

Igor Vasilievich KARPENKO Iгар Васiльевiч КАРПЕНКА Игорь Васильевич КАРПЕНКО Position(s): Chairperson of the Central Commission of the Republic of Belarus on Elections and Holding Republican Referenda DOB: 28.4.1964 Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian In his position as Chairperson of the Central Commission of the Republic of Belarus on Elections and Holding Republican Referenda since 13 December 2021, Ihar Karpenka is responsible for the organisation and holding of the constitutional referendum of 27 February 2022, which does not meet the international standards of rule of law, democracy and human rights and does not meet the criteria set by the Venice Commission. In particular, the drafting process was not transparent and did not involve civil society or the democratic opposition in exile. He is therefore responsible for seriously undermining democracy and the rule of law in Belarus. 3.6.2022

Dmitry Alexeevich OLEKSIN Дзмiтрый Аляксеевiч АЛЕКСIН Дмитрий Алексеевич ОЛЕКСИН Position(s): Son of Aliaksei Aleksin, shareholder of Belneftgaz, Energo-Oil and Grantlo (formerly Energo-Oil-Invest) DOB: 25.4.1987 Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian Dzmitry Aleksin is the son of Aliaksei Aleksin, a prominent Belarusian businessman. In 2021 he became the co-owner of companies owned by or associated with his father, including Energo-Oil, Belneftgaz and Grantlo (formerly Energo-Oil-Invest). Those companies were given preferential treatment based on presidential decrees signed by Aliaksandr Lukashenka: Inter Tobacco was given exclusive privileges to import tobacco products to Belarus, while Belneftgaz was appointed national transit monitoring operator. He is therefore benefitting from the Lukashenka regime. 3.6.2022

Vitaliy Alexeevich OLEKSIN Вiталь Аляксеевiч АЛЯКСIН Виталий Алексеевич ОЛЕКСИН Position(s): Son of Aliaksei Aleksin, shareholder of Belneftgaz, Energo-Oil and Grantlo (formerly Energo-Oil-Invest) DOB: 29.8.1997 Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian Vital Aleksin is the son of Aliaksei Aleksin, a prominent Belarusian businessman. In 2021 he became the co-owner of companies owned by or associated with his father, including Energo-Oil, Belneftgaz and Grantlo (formerly Energo-Oil-Invest). Those companies were given preferential treatment based on presidential decrees signed by Aliaksandr Lukashenka: Inter Tobacco was given exclusive privileges to import tobacco products to Belarus, while Belneftgaz was appointed national transit monitoring operator. He is therefore benefitting from the Lukashenka regime. 3.6.2022

Богољуб КАРИЋ Боголюб КАРИЧ Position(s): Serbian businessman and politician, associated with the company Dana Holdings DOB: 17.1.1954 POB: Peja/Pec, Kosovo Gender: male Nationality: Serbian Passport number: 012830978 (valid until 27.12.2026) Bogoljub Karić is a Serbian businessman and politician. Together with his family members, he developed a network of real estate companies in Belarus and has cultivated a network of contacts with the family of Aliaksandr Lukashenka. In particular, he has been closely associated with Dana Holdings and its former subsidiary Dana Astra, and he reportedly represented those entities during meetings with Lukashenka. The Minsk World project, which was developed by a company associated with Karić, was described by Lukashenka as ‘an example of cooperation of the Slavonic world’. Thanks to those close relationships with Lukashenka and his entourage, companies associated with Karić received preferential treatment from the Lukashenka regime, including tax breaks and plots of land for real estate development. He is therefore benefitting from and supporting the Lukashenka regime. 3.6.2022

Andrey SYCH Андрiй СИЧ Андрей СЫЧ Position(s): Co-host of programme ‘Platform’ on state-owned television channel ‘Belarus 1’ Member of organisation ‘Rusj molodaja’ DOB: 20.9.1990 POB: Belarus Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian Andrii Sich is a co-host of the programme ‘Platform’ on state-owned television channel ‘Belarus 1’. In that position, he has supported regime narratives that aim to discredit independent media, undermine democracy and justify repression. He has supported the Lukashenka regime's narrative about Western states' intentions to organise a coup d'état in Belarus and called for harsh punishments for those allegedly involved, supported disinformation campaigns about mistreatment of migrants arriving in the Union from Belarus, and promoted the image of independent media as agents of foreign influence whose activity should be restricted. He is therefore supporting the Lukashenka regime. 3.6.2022

Denis Alexandrovich MIKUSHEV Дзянiс Аляксандравiч МIКУШЭЎ Денис Александрович МИКУШЕВ Position(s): Head of the Department for Supervision of Compliance with the Law of Court Decisions in Criminal Cases of the Prosecutor's Office of the Gomel Region/Oblast; senior legal adviser DOB: 21.3.1980 Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian Dzianis Mikusheu is the Head of the Department for Supervision of Compliance with the Law of Court Decisions in Criminal Cases of the Prosecutor's Office of the Gomel Region/Oblast and senior legal adviser. In that position, he is responsible for initiating the prosecutions of Siarhei Tsikhanouski, Artsiom Sakau, Dzmitry Papou, lhar Losik, Uladzimir Tsyhanovich and Mikalai Statkevich. He contributed to the arbitrary detention of Siarhei Tsikhanouski, as presented in the report by the Human Rights Council's Working Group on Arbitrary Detention. He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations and for undermining the rule of law, as well as for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition. 3.6.2022

Nikolai Ivanovich DOLYA Мiĸалай Iванавiч ДОЛЯ Ниĸолай Иванович ДОЛЯ Position(s): Judge at the Gomel Regional Court DOB: 3.7.1979 Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian Personal ID: 3070379H041PBI Mikalai Dolia is a judge at the Gomel Regional Court. ln that position, he is responsible for sentencing Siarhei Tsikhanouski, Artsiom Sakau, Dzmitry Papou, lhar Losik, Uladzimir Tsyhanovich and Mikalai Statkevich to disproportionally lengthy prison terms. He contributed to the arbitrary detention of Siarhei Tsikhanouski, as presented in the report by the Human Rights Council's Working Group on Arbitrary Detention. He is therefore responsible for serious violations of human rights and for undermining the rule of law, as well as for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition. 3.6.2022

Andrei Yevgenevich PARSHIN Андрэй Яўгенавiч ПАРШЫН Андрей Евгеньевич ПАРШИН Position(s): Head of the Main Department for Combating Organised Crime and Corruption in Belarus (GUBOPiK) DOB: 19.2.1974 Address: 4A Skryganova St., Apt. 211, Minsk, Belarus Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian Andrei Parshyn is the Head of the Main Department for Combating Organised Crime and Corruption (GUBOPiK) in the Ministry of Internal Affairs since 2021. GUBOPiK is one of the main bodies responsible for political persecution in Belarus, including arbitrary and unlawful arrests and ill-treatment, including torture, of activists and members of civil society. GUBOPiK has published on its Telegram profile videos of forced confessions by Belarusian activists and ordinary citizens, exposing them to the Belarusian general public and using them as a tool for political pressure. GUBOPiK also detained Mark Bernstein, one of the top Russian-language Wikipedia editors, for publishing information on the Russian aggression against Ukraine, considered as anti-Russian ‘fake news’. Andrei Parshyn is therefore responsible for serious violations of human rights and for the repression of civil society in Belarus. 3.6.2022

Igor Petrovich TUR Iгар Пятровiч ТУР Игорь Петрович ТУР Position(s): Employee of state-owned television channel ‘ONT’, author and anchor of several programmes (‘Propaganda’, ‘To be completed’) DOB: 26.3.1989 POB: Grodno/Hrodna, Belarus Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian Ihar Tur is an employee of the state-owned television channel ‘ONT’ and one of the main propagandists of the Lukashenka regime. He is the host of the ‘Propaganda’ programme, in which he calls for violence, discredits opposition activists and promotes videos with forced confessions from political prisoners. He is the author of a number of false reports on protests by the Belarusian opposition, and of disinformation regarding events in the Union and regarding attacks on civil society. He is also responsible for spreading disinformation and violence-inciting messages online. He was awarded a medal by Aliaksandr Lukashenka for his work in the media. He is therefore benefitting from and supporting the Lukashenka regime. 3.6.2022

Lyudmila Leonidovna GLADKAYA Людмiла Леанiдаўна ГЛАДКАЯ Людмила Леонидовна ГЛАДКАЯ Position(s): Special correspondent of ‘SB Belarus Segodnya’ newspaper, presenter on state-owned television channel ‘Belarus 1’ DOB: 30.6.1983 Address: 8A Vodolazhsky St., apt. 45, Minsk, Belarus Gender: female Nationality: Belarusian Lyudmila Hladkaya is one of the most prominent propagandists of the Lukashenka regime. She is an employee of the newspaper ‘SB Belarus Segodnya’ and an associate of other pro-regime media, including state-owned television channel ‘Belarus 1’. She frequently uses hate speech and derogatory language while speaking of democratic opposition. She has also conducted numerous ‘interviews’ with unjustly detained Belarusian citizens, often students, showing them in humiliating situations and mocking them. She has promoted repression by the Belarusian security apparatus and taken part in disinformation and information manipulation campaigns. She is publicly voicing support for Aliaksandr Lukashenka and expressing pride in serving his regime. For her work, she has been publicly praised by and received awards from Lukashenka. She is therefore benefitting from and supporting the Lukashenka regime. 3.6.2022

Grigoriy Yurevich AZARYONOK Рыгор Юр'евiч АЗАРОНАК Григорий Юрьевич АЗАРЁНОК Position(s): Employee of state-owned television channel ‘CTV’, author and host of several programmes (‘Secret Springs of Politics’, ‘Order of Judas’, ‘Panopticon’) Rank: Lieutenant in reserve DOB: 18.10.1995 POB: Minsk, Belarus Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian Ryhor Azaronak is one of the chief propagandists of the Lukashenka regime. He is a political columnist, author and the host of weekly propaganda shows on the state-owned television channel ‘CTV’. In his broadcasts he endorsed violence against dissenters of the Lukashenka regime, and systematically used derogatory language about activists, journalists and other opponents of the Lukashenka regime. He received an award with the medal ‘For Courage’ from Aliaksandr Lukashenka. He is therefore benefitting from and supporting the Lukashenka regime. 3.6.2022

Ivan Ivanovich GOLOVATY Iван Iванавiч ГАЛАВАТЫ Иван Иванович ГОЛОВАТЫЙ Position(s): Former Director-General of the Open Joint Stock Company ‘Belaruskali’; Chairman of the supervisory board of JSC Belarussian Potash Company; First Deputy Director of Nedra Nezhin; First Deputy Director of the Mining and Processing Complex (MPC) in Lyuban District Member of the Standing Committee of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus for Foreign Affairs and National Security DOB: 15.6.1976 POB: Pogost Settlement, Soligorsk District, Minsk Province, Belarus Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian Ivan Galavatyi is the former director general of the state-owned enterprise Belaruskali, which is a major source of revenue and foreign currency for the Lukashenka regime. He is a former member of the Council of the Republic of Belarus and the National Assembly. He also holds multiple other high positions in Belarus and he has received multiple state awards, including from Lukashenka, during his career. He has been closely associated with Lukashenka and members of his family. Aliaksandr Lukashenka has proposed that Ivan Golovaty be sent to work as an ambassador to one of the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States. He is therefore benefitting from and supporting the Lukashenka regime. As the former director general of Belaruskali, Ivan Galavatyi was directly involved in the Lukashenka regime’s relocation of Ukrainian children from occupied territories in collaboration with Russia. Therefore, Ivan Galavatyi supports the Lukashenka regime. He continues to support and benefit from the Lukashenka regime as the First Deputy Director of Nedra Nezhin, a company reported to be a successor to Slavkali, a major potash producer in Belarus and as the First Deputy Director of the Mining and Processing Complex (MPC) in Lyuban District. The employees of OJSC ‘Belaruskali’ who took part in strikes and peaceful protests in the aftermath of the fraudulent presidential elections of August 2020 in Belarus, were deprived of premiums and laid off. Alexander Lukashenka himself personally threatened to replace the strikers with miners from Ukraine. Therefore, as the former head of Belaruskali, Ivan Galavatyi is responsible for the repression of civil society. 3.6.2022

Alexander Vladimirovich KORNIENKO Аляксандр Уладзiмiравiч КАРНIЕНКА Александр Владимирович КОРНИЕНКО Position(s): Former head of the Penal Colony IK-17 Shklov, Lieutenant Colonel of the Internal Service District Inspector, Department of Internal Affairs of the Slutsk District Executive Committee DOB: 9.1.1979 Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian In his position as former head of Penal Colony IK-17 in Shklov, Aliaksandr Karnienka was responsible for the inhuman and degrading treatment, including torture, inflicted on the political prisoners and other citizens detained in that penal colony in the wake of the 2020 presidential election and the ensuing peaceful protests. He was the head of the penal colony at the time of the death of the political prisoner Vitold Ashurak in that penal colony on 21 May 2021, in unexplained circumstances. He is therefore responsible for serious violations of human rights and the repression of civil society in Belarus. He remains active in the Lukashenka regime as an official of the Slutsk District Executive Committee. 3.8.2023

Andrei Sergeevich PALCHIK Андрэй Сяргеевiч ПАЛЬЧЫК Андрей Сергеевич ПАЛЬЧИК Position(s): Former head of correctional colony No 1 in Novopolotsk; Warden of the detention centre in Vitebsk; Deputy warden of Pretrial Detention Facility No. 2 DOB: 3.3.1981 Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian In his former position as head of correctional colony No 1 in Novopolotsk, Andrei Palchik has been responsible for and participated in the systematic practice of torture, ill-treatment and abusive punishments, including prolonged and repeated use of solitary confinement, against the political prisoners and other citizens detained in that penal colony, notably in the wake of the 2020 presidential election and the ensuing peaceful protests. As head of that penal colony, Andrei Palchik is not only responsible for ordering and supervising these abuses, but has a documented track record of personal involvement in acts of torture and violence against prisoners. During Andrei Palchik’s administration from 2017 until March 2023, correctional colony No 1 in Novopolotsk has become ill-famed for its extremely harsh detention conditions and the ill-treatment applied to the prisoners, many of them leading political activists and civil society representatives, detained for their opposition to President Lukashenka’s regime. After his transfer from Penal Colony No 1, Palchik continues to hold an active high-ranking position at another detention facility and therefore he continues to serve the repressive system. He remains active in the Lukashenka regime as the warden of the detention centre in Vitebsk and the deputy warden of Pretrial Detention Facility No. 2. He is therefore supporting the Lukashenka regime and responsible for serious violations of human rights and for the repression of the civil society in Belarus. 3.8.2023

Aleksandr Vladimirovich KAROL Аляксандр Уладзiмiравiч КАРОЛЬ Александр Владимирович КОРОЛЬ Position(s): Senior Prosecutor of the Department of the Prosecutor General’s Office DOB: 28.6.1992 POB: Bobruisk, Mogilev region, Republic of Belarus Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian Personal ID: 3280692M019PB8 In his position as Senior Prosecutor at the Department of the Prosecutor General’s Office of Belarus, Aliaksandr Karol is responsible for numerous politically-motivated criminal cases against Belarusian human rights defenders. In particular, he is involved in the politically motivated prosecution of representatives from the Belarusian human rights organization Viasna, including Viasna chairperson Ales Bialiatski, deputy chairperson Valiantsin Stefanovic, lawyer Uladzimir Labkovich, coordinator of Viasna’s network of volunteers Marfa Rabkova, head of Viasna’s office in Gomel, Leanid Sudalenka, and volunteer Andrei Chapiuk, as well as volunteer Tatsiana Lasitsa who was released from Gomel penal colony on 24 September 2022. He is therefore responsible for serious violations of human rights and for seriously undermining the rule of law, as well as for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition in Belarus. 3.8.2023

Mikhail Mikhailovich MURASHKIN Мiхаiл Мiхайлавiч МУРАШКIН Михаил Михайлович МУРАШКИН Position(s): Former Deputy Head of the Municipal Department of Internal Affairs in Zhodino – Head of the Public Security Police; First Deputy Head of the District Department of Internal Affairs in Borisov – Head of the Public Security Police as of 29.10.2021; Acting Chief of the Uzda District Department of Internal Affairs DOB: 8.9.1989 Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian In his capacity as former head of the Public Security Police in Zhodino, Mikhail Murashkin ordered the police troops and riot police, OMON, to brutally crack down on peaceful protests in the wake of the presidential elections in 2020, beating protesters and using violence against them. He is also involved in the unlawful repeated detention of independent journalists covering the protests in the lead-up to the presidential elections. He continues to hold a similarly high-ranking position within the Department of Internal Affairs. He is therefore supporting the Lukashenka regime and responsible for serious violations of human rights and the repression of civil society in Belarus. 3.8.2023

Nikolai Vasilievich MAKSIMOVICH Мiкалай Васiльевiч МАКСIМАВIЧ Николай Васильевич МАКСИМОВИЧ Position(s): Deputy Chief of the Public Security Militia, Internal Affairs Directorate of the Minsk Regional Executive Committee DOB: 25.2.1977 Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian Address: Minsk, st. Yankee Brylya 21, apt. 224; Minsk, st. Kolesnikova 32, apt. 3 Personal ID: 3250277M077PB2 In his capacity as Deputy Chief of the Public Security Militia, Internal Affairs Directorate of the Minsk Regional Executive Committee, Mikalai Maksimavich is responsible for the brutal crackdown on peaceful protests in the run-up to the presidential elections in August 2020 and afterwards. He has personally given orders to the riot police, OMON, to violently suppress the demonstrations, detain the protesters and the independent journalists covering these events, and submit them to harsh conditions of detention. He is therefore responsible for serious violations of human rights and the repression of civil society in Belarus. 3.8.2023

Petr Aleksandrovich ORLOV Пётр Александровiч АРЛОЎ Петр Александрович ОРЛОВ Position(s): Judge at the Minsk City Court DOB: 6.4.1967 POB: Minsk, Belarus Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian Personal ID: 3040667A088PB0 Address: Minsk, st. Sharangovicha 78, apt. 60 In the position of judge at the Minsk City Court, Piotr Arlou has represented the Lukashenka regime in numerous politically motivated trials and is responsible for the lengthy verdicts in absentia against several members of the democratic opposition; Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya (15 years), Pavel Latushka (18 years), and Volha Kavalkova, Maryia Maroz and Siarhei Dyleuski (12 years each). Piotr Arlou is also responsible for the politically motivated conduct of trial and verdicts against blogger Eduard Palchys (13 years of imprisonment) and journalist Katsiaryna Andreyeva (two years). These verdicts are part a systematic denial of, and punishment for, the exercise of freedom of expression by the Belarusian authorities. Piotr Arlou’s verdicts are examples of the systemic repression of dissent. He is therefore responsible for serious violations of human rights, the repression of civil society and democratic opposition, and activities that seriously undermine democracy and the rule of law in Belarus. 3.8.2023

Ruslan Khikmetovich MASHADIYEV Руслан Хiкметовiч МАШАДЗЕЎ Руслан Хикметович МАШАДИЕВ Position(s): Former Deputy Head of Penal Colony No^o1; Current Head of Penal Colony No^o1 Gender: male DOB: 26.9.1981 Nationality: Belarusian In his position of Head and the former Deputy Head of Penal Colony No^o1, Ruslan Mashadzeou is responsible for the inhuman and degrading treatment, including torture, inflicted on the political prisoners and other citizens detained in that penal colony in the wake of the 2020 presidential election and in the ensuing peaceful protests. He was the head of the penal colony at the time of the death of the political prisoner Vitold Ashurak in that penal colony on 21 May 2021, in unexplained circumstances. He is therefore responsible for serious violations of human rights and the repression of civil society in Belarus. 3.8.2023

Sergey Vladimirovitch KARCHEVSKIY Сяргей Уладзiмiравiч КАРЧЭЎСКI Сергей Владимирович КАРЧЕВСКИЙ Position(s): Major and head of the regime department of Penal Colony No 17 Shklow DOB: 15.6.1983 Address: 6 Fatina str, apt. 100, Mogilev, Belarus Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian Personal: 3150683MO74PB5 As head of the regime department of Penal Colony No 17 in Shklow, Siarhei Kharcheusky is directly responsible for the inhumane conditions of detention in the colony, for the violent practices and ill-treatment inflicted on prisoners, notably on political prisoners. He was personally involved in carrying out beatings and other acts of extreme violence against prisoners and he is directly involved in, and responsible for, the death of the political prisoner Vitold Ashurak in that penal colony on 21 May 2021. He is therefore responsible for serious violations of human rights and the repression of civil society in Belarus. 3.8.2023

Sergey Vasilyevich MASLIUKOV Сяргей Васiльевiч МАСЛЮКОЎ Сергей Васильевич МАСЛЮКОВ Position(s): Head colonel of the internal service of Educational Colony No.°2 in Bobruysk POB: Shklov, Belarus Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian Suspected address: Bobruysk In his position of Head colonel of the internal service of Educational Colony No.°2 in Bobruysk, Siarhei Masliukou is responsible for the inhuman and degrading treatment of minors. He is responsible for subjecting children to hunger, torture, forced work, and various forms of physical and psychological violence. He is also responsible for depriving underage convicts of access to medical care. He is therefore responsible for serious violations of human rights and the repression of civil society in Belarus. 3.8.2023

Svetlana Aleksandrovna BONDARENKO Святлана Аляксандраўна БАНДАРЭНКА Светлана Александровна БОНДАРЕНКО Position(s): Judge of the Supreme Court of Belarus, former Judge at the court of the Moskovsky district of Minsk Gender: female Nationality: Belarusian In her former position as judge of the Moskovsky district of Minsk, Sviatlana Bandarenka was responsible for numerous politically-motivated rulings. She sentenced several Belarusian citizens for participating in protests and publishing anti-government comments on Telegram. She also sentenced the journalist Ekaterina Borisevich and the emergency hospital doctor Artyom Sorokin for disclosing medical secrets about Roman Bondarenko, who was beaten to death by the security forces. 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 in Belarus. She was appointed by Lukashenka as judge of the Supreme Court of Belarus. 3.8.2023

Svetlana Pavlovna POKHODOVA Святлана Паўлаўна ПАХОДАВА Светлана Павловна ПОХОДОВА Position(s): Former Head of Penal Colony No.^o4 for women in Gomel Gender: female Nationality: Belarusian Suspected location: Gomel In her former position of Head of Penal Colony No.^o4 for women in Gomel, Sviatlana Pakhodava is responsible for the inhuman and degrading treatment, including torture, inflicted on the political prisoners and other citizens detained in that female penal colony. She was already the head of the penal colony at the time of the prosecution of Maria Kalesnikava, a political prisoner who was handed an 11-year custodial sentence for her participation in the protests against the authoritarian rule of Aliaksandr Lukashenko in the penal colony. She was deprived of all prisoner rights, including the right to consult a lawyer. Sviatlana Pakhodava is therefore responsible for serious violations of human rights and the repression of civil society in Belarus. 3.8.2023

Tatiana Valeryevna PIROZHNIKOVA Таццяна Валер’еўна ПIРОЖНIКАВА Татьяна Валерьевна ПИРОЖНИКОВА Position(s): Judge at the court of the Moscovsky district of Minsk DOB: 8.1.1987 Gender: female Nationality: Belarusian Personal ID: 4010887M019PB2 In her position as Judge of Moskovsky district of Minsk, Tatsiana Pirozhnikava sentenced several Belarusian citizens on political grounds, including for their participation in protests and for publishing anti-government comments on Telegram. She is documented as occasionally issuing heavier sentences than those requested by the prosecutor. 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 In Belarus. 3.8.2023