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

Tatyana Alexandrovna GRAKUN Таццяна Аляксандраўна ГРАКУН Татьяна Александровна ГРАКУН Position(s): Senior Prosecutor of the Minsk Region Prosecutor’s Office for Supervision of Compliance with the Law of Court Decisions in Criminal Cases, Junior Counsellor of Justice Gender: female Nationality: Belarusian DOB: 5.2.1986 Tatsiana Grakun is a Belarusian prosecutor who serves in the Minsk Region Prosecutor’s Office. In this position, she has represented the Lukashenka regime in politically-motivated cases against journalists. In particular, she has prosecuted Maryna Zolatava, TUT.BY editor-in-chief, who was sentenced to 12 years in prison, and Liudmila Chekina, TUT.BY general director, who was sentenced to 12 years in prison in March 2023, based on groundless charges of ‘harming to the national security of the Republic of Belarus’. Tatsiana Grakun is therefore responsible for serious violations of human rights and the repression of civil society and democratic opposition in Belarus. 3.8.2023

Valentina Nikolaevna ZENKEVICH Валянцiна Мiкалаеўна ЗЯНКЕВIЧ Валентина Николаевна ЗЕНЬКЕВИЧ Position(s): Judicial Collegium for Criminal Cases of the Minsk City Court, Judge DOB: 8.1.1969 Gender: female Nationality: Belarusian Valyantsina Ziankevich is a Belarusian judge who serves in a Judicial Collegium for Criminal Cases of the Minsk City Court. She has issued politically-motivated rulings against the opponents of the Belarusian authorities. She has convicted at least seven Belarusian citizens on political grounds, including Maryna Zolatava, TUT.BY editor-in-chief, who was sentenced to 12 years in prison, and Liudmila Chekina, TUT.BY general director, who was sentenced to 12 years in prison in March 2023. She has a documented history of issuing politically-motivated rulings against the opponents of the Belarusian authorities since 2022. She is therefore responsible for serious violations of human rights and the repression of civil society and democratic opposition in Belarus. 3.8.2023

Yevgeniy Valerievich BUBICH Яўген Валер’евiч БУБIЧ Евгений Валерьевич БУБИЧ Position(s): Head of Penal Colony No.°2; Lieutenant colonel of the internal service DOB: 3.6.1979 Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian Address: Bobruysk, st. Kovzana 60, apartment 42; Bobruysk, st. Kovzana 5/485; Bobruysk, st. Internationalnaya 66B, apartment 31 In his position as head of Penal Colony No.°2 in Bobruysk, Yauhen Bubich is responsible for the inhuman and degrading treatment, including torture, forced work, physical and psychological violence, inflicted on prisoners. He is therefore responsible for serious violations of human rights and the repression of civil society in Belarus. 3.8.2023

Yuriy Ivanovich VASILEVICH Юры Iванавiч ВАСIЛЕВIЧ Юрий Иванович ВАСИЛЕВИЧ Position(s): Head of Penal Colony No.°14 in Novosady Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian In his position of Head of Penal Colony No.°14, Yuri Vasilevich is responsible for the mistreatment of the convicts detained under his jurisdiction, and for inhuman and degrading treatment, including torture, inflicted on the political prisoners and other citizens detained in that penal colony. He is therefore responsible for serious violations of human rights and for the repression of civil society in Belarus. 3.8.2023

Roman Ivanovich BIZYUK Раман Iванавiч БIЗЮК Роман Иванович БИЗЮК Position(s): Prosecutor DOB: 25.3.1986 Nationality: Belarusian Gender: male Personal ID: 3250386H012PB7 Address: Minsk, 30 Masherova Ave., apt. 25 In the position of prosecutor at the Minsk Municipal Court, Raman Biziuk has represented the Lukashenka regime in numerous politically-motivated cases, in particular against Marfa Rabkova and Andrei Chapiuk, who receiving exceptionally lengthy verdicts of 15 and six years in prison, respectively, and their eight co-defendants who received prison verdicts of between five and 17 years. Marfa Rabkova was imprisoned on politically-motivated charges of ‘training people to participate in mass riots or financing such activities’ for coordinating the volunteer service at the internationally recognized human rights group Viasna and organising the monitoring of the election in August 2020. She also documented cases of torture and other ill-treatment against detained protesters. Marfa Rabkova was one of the first members of Viasna to be targeted by the authorities with politically-motivated criminal charges after the protests in August 2020. Andrei Chapiuk was charged for participation in a criminal organisation and the incitement of hatred, among other things, for his engagement in Viasna as a volunteer. Their trial was held behind closed doors by request of prosecutor Raman Biziuk and approval by judge Siarhei Khrypach due to the alleged existence of ‘materials of extremist nature’ in the case. Raman Biziuk is also responsible for the politically-motivated prosecution against the co-defendants in the same trial, namely Akihiro Haeuski-Hanada, Alyaksandr Frantaskevich, Alykaksei Galauko, Alyaksandr Kazlyanka, Pavel Shpteny, Mikita Dranets, Andrei Marach and Daniil Chul. He is also responsible for the politically-motivated charges against Andrei Linnik and Anton Bialenski as well as against Dzmitry Kanapelka, Vitalii Kavalenka, Tsimur Pipiya, Dzianis Boltuts, Vital Shyshlou and Emil Huseinau. Raman Biziuk is therefore responsible for serious violations of human rights, the repression of civil society and democratic opposition, and activities that seriously undermine democracy or the rule of law in Belarus. 3.8.2023

Sergey Fedorovich KHRIPACH Сяргей Фёдаравiч ХРЫПАЧ Сергей Федорович ХРИПАЧ Position(s): Judge at the Minsk Municipal Court DOB: 16.4.1966 POB: Minsk, Belarus Nationality: Belarusian Gender: male Personal ID: 3160466A077PB2 Address: Minsk, st. Odintsova 105, apt. 206 In the position of judge at the Minsk Municipal Court, Siarhei Khrypach has represented the Lukashenka regime in numerous politically-motivated cases, in particular against Marfa Rabkova, Andrei Chapiuk who received exceptionally lengthy sentences of 15 and six years in prison, respectively, and their eight co-defendants who received custodial sentences of between five to 17 years. Marfa Rabkova was imprisoned on politically-motivated charges of ‘training people to participate in mass riots or financing such activities’, for coordinating the volunteer service at the internationally recognized human rights group Viasna and for organising the monitoring of the election in August 2020. She also documented cases of torture and other ill-treatment against detained protesters. Marfa Rabkova was one of the first members of Viasna to be targeted by the authorities with politically-motivated criminal charges after the protests in August 2020. Andrei Chapiuk was charged for participation in a criminal organisation and the incitement of hatred among other things, for his engagement in Viasna as a volunteer. Their trial was held behind closed doors by request of prosecutor Raman Biziuk and by approval of judge Siarhei Khrypach due to the alleged existence of ‘materials of extremist nature’ in the case. Siarhei Khrypach is also responsible for the politically-motivated conduct of the trial and verdicts for the co-defendants in the same trial, namely Akihiro Haeuski-Hanada, Alyaksandr Frantaskevich, Alykaksei Galauko, Alyaksandr Kazlyanka, Pavel Shpteny, Mikita Dranets, Andrei Marach and Daniil Chul. Siarhei Khrypach is also responsible for the politically-motivated verdict against Yegor Dudnikov in May 2021. He is therefore responsible for serious violations of human rights, the repression of civil society and democratic opposition, and activities that seriously undermine democracy or the rule of law in Belarus. 3.8.2023

Vadim Franzevich GIGIN Vadzim HIHIN Вадзiм Францавiч ГIГIН Вадим Францевич ГИГИН Position(s): Director of the National Library of Belarus; former Head of the Belarus governmental society ‘Knowledge’, and Dean of the Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences of the Belarus State University, candidate of Historical Science DOB: 21.10.1977 POB: Minsk, former Belarussian SSR (now Belarus) Nationality: Belarusian Gender: male Vadzim Gigin is one of the most vocal and influential members of the Belarusian state propaganda system. He systematically supports the Lukashenka regime and often presents his views on the state TV channels ONT and Belarus 1. Vadzim Gigin has supported and justified the repression of democratic opposition and civil society and of independent media, in particular after the presidential elections in August 2020. Vadzim Gigin spreads his propaganda narratives on a ‘nazi regime in Ukraine’, discrediting the West and justification of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. Until June 2023, Vadzim Gigin was the head of the Belarusian society ‘Knowledge’, which is known as a state-sponsored non-governmental organisation promoting Lukashenka and his regime. Gigin’s contribution to the regime has been acknowledged by Lukashenka in September 2021 when Gigin received the medal ‘For Labor Merits’. Furthermore, he was appointed in February 2023 as member of the Commission to consider appeals of Belarusian citizens abroad concerning offences committed by them, headed by Prosecutor General of Belarus Andrei Shved. Therefore, Vadzim Gigin is benefiting from and supporting the Lukashenka regime. 3.8.2023

Ksenia Petrovna LEBEDEVA Ксенiя Пятроўна ЛЕБЕДЗЕВА Ксения Петровна ЛЕБЕДЕВА Position(s): Propagandist and employee of the state channel ‘Belarus 1’ and in Belarus News Agency DOB: 12.12.1987 POB: Mogilev, former Belarussian SSR (now Belarus) Nationality: Belarusian Gender: female Ksenia Lebedzeva is one of the leading propagandists of the Lukashenka regime and is closely associated with regime media. She is Belarusian TV presenter at the state-owned ‘Belarus 1’ channel. Since July 2021, she has hosted the information and analytical programme ‘This is different’ at the state-owned ‘Belarus 1’ TV channel. In her column and reports for Belarus 1 TV channel, she promotes Russian propaganda regarding Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, and Belarus state propaganda directed against opposition and neighbouring countries. Ksenia Lebedzeva is promoting the idea that Ukraine, together with NATO, has been launching information and psychological special operations against Belarus since 2020 and the Lukashenka narrative that opposition representatives are financed by Western countries. On 16.1. 2021, Ksenia Lebedzeva was awarded with gratitude by President Lukashenka for ‘a significant contribution to the implementation of state information policy, high professionalism, objective and comprehensive coverage of the events of the socio-political and socio-cultural life of the country’. Therefore, Ksenia Lebedeva is benefiting from and supporting and the Lukashenka regime. 3.8.2023

Zinaida Vasilievna BALABALAVA Зiнаiда Васiльеўна БАЛАБАЛАВА Зинаида Васильевна БАЛАБОЛАВА Position(s): Judge at Navapolatsk City Court Gender: female In her position as judge of the Navapolatsk City Court, Zinaida Balabalava is responsible for numerous politically-motivated rulings against peaceful protesters, in particular the sentencing of union leader Volha Bytsikava and of activists Hanna Tukava and Andrei Halavyryn. She has subjected people to fines and arrests for publishing ‘no war’ signs or independent trial reporting. 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

Galina KNIZHONAK Галiна КНIЖОНАК Галина КНИЖОНАК Position(s): Judge of Mazyr District Court Gender: female In her position as judge of Mazyr district court, Halina Knizhonak is responsible for numerous politically-motivated rulings against peaceful protesters, in particular the sentencing of Hleb Koipish, Uladzislau Hancharou, Aliaksandr Tsimashenka and Daniil Skipalski. She has sentenced people to terms of imprisonment for taking part in peaceful protests against the Lukashenka regime. 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

Anna Borisovna LEUSIK Ганна Барысаўна ЛЯВУСIК Анна Борисовна ЛЕУСИК Position(s): Judge of Leninsky district court of Hrodna/Grodno DOB: 7.10.1973 Nationality: Belarusian Gender: female Address: Grodno, st. Soviet Border Guards 120, apt. 47 Personal ID: 4071073K000PB2 In her position as judge of the Leninski district court of Hrodna, Hanna Liavusik is responsible for numerous politically-motivated rulings against peaceful protesters, in particular the sentencing of Alexander Tyelega. She has sentenced people to fines and prison terms for speaking up against violence and repression. 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

Gennadiy Ivanovich KUDLASEVICH Генадзь Iванавiч КУДЛАСЕВIЧ Геннадий Иванович КУДЛАСЕВИЧ Position(s): Judge of Ivanovsky District Court DOB: 5.5.1973 POB: Tereblychi, Stolin District, former Belarussian SSR (now Belarus) Nationality: Belarusian Gender: male In his position as judge of Ivanovsky District Court, Henadz Kudlasevich is responsible for numerous politically-motivated rulings against peaceful protesters, in particular the sentencing of Yuryi Holik. He has sentenced people to terms of imprisonment, house detention and fines for protesting against the government or for independent reporting. 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 in Belarus. 3.8.2023

Inna Leonidovna PAVLOVSKAYA Iна Леанiдаўна ПАЎЛОЎСКАЯ Инна Леонидовна ПАВЛОВСКАЯ Position(s): Judge at Baranovichi District Court DOB: 29.7.1975 Nationality: Belarusian Gender: female Address: Baranovichi, st. Mikolskaya 32 Personal ID: 4290775C016PB9 In her position as judge of Baranovichi District Court, Ina Paulouskaya is responsible for numerous politically-motivated rulings against peaceful protesters, in particular the sentencing of Vitaly Korsak and Anatoly Pugach. She has sentenced people to prison terms and fines for criticizing President Lukashenka and protesting against the outcome of the presidential elections of 2020. 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

Alexander Nikolaevich TARAKANOV Аляксандр Мiкалаевiч ТАРАКАНАЎ Александр Николаевич ТАРАКАНОВ Position(s): Shklov District Court, Mogilev Region, Judge DOB: 19.5.1965 Nationality: Belarusian Gender: male Aliaksandr Tarakanau is a Belarussian judge who serves in a Shklov District Court in Mogilev Region. He was appointed by Aliaksandr Lukashenka indefinitely in 2017. He mainly handed down sentences that increased the penalties against political opponents of the Belarusian authorities, especially in the context of changing sentences imposed to absolute imprisonment or a stricter regime for the serving of such sentences. Such a decision was made in the case of the philosopher and journalist Uladzimir Matskievich who is associated with the independent television channel Belsat.Aliaksandr Tarakanau 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

Dmitriy Vitalievich BUBENCHIK Дзмiтрый Вiтальевiч БУБЕНЧЫК Дмитрий Витальевич БУБЕНЧИК Position(s): Grodno Regional Court, Judge DOB: 15.7.1985 Nationality: Belarusian Gender: male Dzmitriy Bubenchik is a Belarussian judge who serves in a Grodno District Court. He was appointed by Aliaksandr Lukashenka. He issued politically-motivated rulings against the opponents of the Belarusian authorities. On 8 February 2023, he sentenced Andrzej Poczobut, an independent journalist and a Polish minority activist critical of the government of the Republic of Belarus, to eight years imprisonment. 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 in Belarus. 3.8.2023

Oleg Vladimirovich KHOROSHKO Алег Уладзiмiравiч ХОРОШКА Олег Владимирович ХОРОШКО Position(s): Gomel Regional Court, Judge DOB: 22.5.1977 Nationality: Belarusian Gender: male Aleg Khoroshka is a Belarussian judge who serves in a Gomel District Court. He was appointed by Aliaksandr Lukashenka. He issued politically-motivated rulings against the opponents of the Belarusian authorities, which include a journalist of the independent TV station Belsat, Katsiaryna Andreyeva who received a sentence of eight years and three months in a penal colony. 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 in Belarus. 3.8.2023

Anastasia Vladimirovna BENEDISYUK Анастасiя Уладзiмipаўна БЕНЕДЗIСЮК Анастасия Владимировна БЕНЕДИСЮК Position(s): Head of the Reporters Department of the TV News Agency in National State TV channel Belarus 1 TV DOB: 31.10.1992 POB: Oshmyan, Belarus Nationality: Belarussian Gender: female Anastasia Benedzisiuk is one of the leading propagandists of the Lukashenka regime and the Head of the Reporters Department at the TV News Agency, preparing reportages for the Belarus 1 TV channel. She hosts the information program ‘Plan B’ at the state-owned ‘Belarus 1’ TV channel. In her programme and reports for the Belarus 1 TV channel, she spreads Russian propaganda narratives about a ‘nazi regime in Ukraine’, the Ukrainian armed forces, as well as President Lukashenka’s propaganda against the Belarusian opposition and Kalinousky regiment. She also spreads propaganda against Western sanctions. In 2023, Anastasia Benedzisiuk was given an official award with gratitude from Lukashenka for her ‘significant contribution to the implementation of state information policy, high professionalism, objective and comprehensive coverage of the events of the socio-political and socio-cultural life of the country’. She is therefore benefiting from and supporting the Lukashenka regime. 3.8.2023

Yevgeniy PUSTOVOY Яўген ПУСТАВЫ Евгений ПУСТОВОЙ Function: Belarusian propagandist and broadcaster DOB: 29.2.1984 Nationality: Belarusian Gender: male Yauhen Pustavy is a Belarussian propagandist working for Stolichnoye Televideniye, one of the three national television channels in Belarus, and for Minskaya Prauda, a state newspaper. He is responsible for disseminating propaganda in support of Lukashenka’s policies and which justifies Russia' war of aggression against Ukraine. He was awarded by Lukashenka for his merits in the development of the State information policy. Moreover, he is member of the State Commission aimed at verifying political refugees who wish to return to Belarus. This commission was created by Lukashenka with the political aim of portraying the refugees returning to Belarus as persons regretting their actions against the Lukashenka regime. He is therefore benefiting from and supporting the Lukashenka regime. 3.8.2023

Alena Stanislavovna GORMASH Алена Станiславаўна ГОРМАШ Елена Станиславовна ГОРМАШ Function: Court of Bobruisk District and Bobruisk, Judge DOB: 10.9.1967 Nationality: Belarusian Gender: female Alena Harmash is a Belarussian judge who serves in a Court of the Bobruisk District and Bobruisk. She has issued politically-motivated rulings against the opponents of the Belarusian authorities. She convicted six opposition supporters and activists on political grounds. She has a documented history of having issued politically-motivated rulings against the opponents of the Belarusian authorities since 2020. She is therefore responsible for serious violations of human rights and the repression of civil society and democratic opposition in Belarus. 3.8.2023

Andrei Romanovich TARASEVICH Андрэй Раманавiч ТАРАСЕВIЧ Андрей Романович ТАРАСЕВИЧ Function: Glubokoye District Court, Judge DOB: 10.11.1974 Nationality: Belarusian Gender: male Andrei Tarasevich is a Belarussian judge who serves in a Glubokoye District Court. He has issued politically-motivated rulings against the opponents of the Belarusian authorities. He convicted at least 13 Belarusian citizens on political grounds. He has a documented history of having issued politically-motivated rulings against the opponents of the Belarusian authorities from 2017 to 2023. He is therefore responsible for serious violations of human rights and the repression of civil society and democratic opposition in Belarus. 3.8.2023

Anna Mikhailovna OSIPENKO Ганна Мiхайлаўна АСIПЕНКА Анна Михайловна ОСИПЕНКО Function: Judge of Court of Bobruisk District and Bobruisk DOB: 7.12.1982 Nationality: Belarusian Gender: female Hanna Asipenka is a Belarussian judge who serves in a Court of Bobruisk District and Bobruisk. She has issued politically-motivated rulings against the opponents of the Belarusian authorities. Between 2020 and 2023, she took an active part in the sentencing of political opponents of the regime. During that period, she handed down at least 13 sentences, including in the cases of two independent media journalists. She is therefore responsible for serious violations of human rights and the repression of civil society and democratic opposition in Belarus. 3.8.2023

Irina Vladimirovna PODKOVYROVA Iрына Уладзiмiраўна ПАДКАВЫРАВА Ирина Владимировна ПОДКОВЫРОВА Function: Prosecutor DOB: 22.9.1972 Nationality: Belarusian Gender: female Iryna Padkavyrava is a Belarussian prosecutor. She has been associated with the prosecuting authorities since at least 2009, when she served as a senior prosecutor in the Gomel region. In 2022, she acted as a prosecutor in the trial of an independent journalist affiliated with TVP and Belsat TV. At the time, she requested a four-year prison sentence for the journalist. She also took part in the consideration of appeals against sentences handed down for posting entries on Belarusian social media which were unfavourable to the government and its officials. As a prosecutor, she supported the penalties, considering them adequate and fair. She is therefore responsible for serious violations of human rights and the repression of civil society and democratic opposition in Belarus. 3.8.2023

Ludmila Stiepanovna VASHCHENKO Людмiла Сцяпанаўна ВАШЧАНКА Людмила Степановна ВАЩЕНКО Function: Judge of Glubokoye District Court DOB: 22.9.1972 Nationality: Belarusian Gender: female Ludmila Vashchanka is a Belarussian judge who serves in Glubokoye District Court. She has issued politically-motivated rulings against the opponents of the Belarusian authorities. She has a documented history of having issued politically-motivated rulings against the opponents of the Belarusian authorities from 2007 to 2023. During this period, she convicted at least nine Belarusian citizens, including opposition supporters and activists, on political grounds. She is therefore responsible for serious violations of human rights and the repression of civil society and democratic opposition in Belarus. 3.8.2023

Vladimir Alexandrovich DAVYDOV Уладзiмiр Аляксандравiч ДАВЫДАЎ Владимир Александрович ДАВЫДОВ Function: Judge of Supreme Court of Belarus DOB: 11.4.1967 Nationality: Belarusian Gender: male Uladzimir Davydau is a Belarussian judge who serves in the Supreme Court of Belarus. He was appointed by Aliaksandr Lukashenka indefinitely in 2014. Judge Davydau has mainly ruled on appeals regarding prison sentences for political activists and journalists. He has left those sentenced unchanged. Such a decision was made in the case of the Belsat journalist, Pavel Vinahradau. He is therefore responsible for serious violations of human rights and the repression of civil society and democratic opposition in Belarus. 3.8.2023

Vyacheslav Vladimirovich ELISEENKO Вячаслаў Уладзiмiравiч ЕЛIСЕЕНКА Вячеслав Владимирович ЕЛИСЕЕНКО Function: Judge of Dokshitsy District Court DOB: 10.4.1979 Nationality: Belarusian Gender: male Viachaslau Yeliseenka is a Belarussian judge who serves in a Dokshitsy District Court. He has issued politically-motivated rulings against the opponents of the Belarusian authorities. He has convicted 10 Belarusian citizens on political grounds. He has a documented history of having issued politically-motivated rulings against the opponents of the Belarusian authorities since 2018. He is therefore responsible for serious violations of human rights and the repression of civil society and democratic opposition in Belarus. 3.8.2023

Anton Vladimirovich KOLYAGO Антон Уладзiмiравiч КАЛЯГА Антон Владимирович КОЛЯГО Function: Chief investigator – investigator for particularly important cases of the Main Directorate for the Investigation of Crimes in the Sphere of Organized Crime and Corruption of the Central Apparatus of the Investigative Committee, Major of Justice DOB: 2.10.1989 POB: Minsk, Republic of Belarus Nationality: Belarus Gender: male Anton Kalyaga is an investigator of the Main Directorate for Investigating Crimes in the Sphere of Organized Crime and Corruption of the Central Office of the Investigative Committee of the Republic of Belarus. He conducts the criminal case against Viasna members. The judicial proceedings against Ales Bialiatski, Valianstin Stefanovich and Uladzimir Labkovich include numerous irregularities and the investigation period has been artificially extended by the authorities in an attempt to fabricate evidence, exceeding the time limit established by Belarusian law and international standards governing the right to a fair trial. The investigation and trial of the Viasna case did not comply with the rule of law. 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 in Belarus. 3.8.2023

Andrei Valerievich ANANENKO Андрій Валерійович АНАНЕНКО Андрей Валерьевич АНАНЕНКО Head of the Main Department for Combating Organised Crime and Corruption (GUBOPiK) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs DOB: 13.10.1977 POB: Minsk, Belarus Nationality: Belarusian Gender: male Andrii Ananenko is the head of the Main Department for Combating Organised Crime and Corruption (GUBOPiK) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. 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 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. In his position, Andrii Ananenko is responsible for serious violations of human rights and for the repression of civil society in Belarus. Furthermore, he is supporting the Lukashenka regime. 5.8.2024

Mikhail Petrovitch BEDUNKEVICH Міхаіл Пятровіч БЯДУНКЕВIЧ Михаил Петрович БЕДУНКЕВИЧ Deputy head of the Main Department for Combating Organised Crime and Corruption (GUBOPiK) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs; head of the third department of GUBOPiK, responsible for fighting ‘extremism’ DOB: 8.10.1977 POB: Minsk, Belarus Nationality: Belarusian Gender: male Mikhail Byadunkevich is the deputy head of the Main Department for Combating Organised Crime and Corruption (GUBOPiK) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the head of the third department of GUBOPiK, which is responsible for fighting extremism. 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 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. In his position, Mikhail Byadunkevich is responsible for serious violations of human rights and for the repression of civil society in Belarus. Furthermore, he is supporting the Lukashenka regime. 5.8.2024

Dimitri Aleksandrovich KOVACH Змiцер Аляксандравiч КОВАЧ Дмитрий Александрович КОВАЧ Deputy head of the Main Department for Combating Organised Crime and Corruption (GUBOPiK) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs DOB: 14.1.1979 POB: Elisovo (oblast of Mogilev) Nationality: Belarusian Gender: male Zmitser Kovach is the deputy head of the Main Department for Combating Organised Crime and Corruption (GUBOPiK) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. 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 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. In his position, Zmitser Kovach is responsible for serious violations of human rights and for the repression of civil society in Belarus. Furthermore, he is supporting the Lukashenka regime. 5.8.2024

Mikhail KOVALEV Міхаіл КАВАЛЁЎ Михаил КАВАЛЁВ Deputy head of the Department of State Prosecution of the Office for Supervision of Compliance with the Law of Court Decisions in Criminal Cases, Prosecutor General’s Office Nationality: Belarusian Gender: male In his position as deputy head of the Department of State Prosecution of the Office for Supervision of Compliance with the Law of Court Decisions in Criminal Cases, Prosecutor General’s Office, Mikhail Kavaliou is responsible for numerous politically motivated criminal cases against Belarusian political opposition. In particular, he is involved in the politically motivated prosecution of Svetlana Tsikhanouskaya, Pavel Latushko, Olga Kovalkova, Maria Moroz and Sergei Dilevsky, all members of the Coordination Council, a Belarusian opposition body, as well as in the ‘conspiracy to seize power’ case against Yuri Ziankovich, Alexander Fyaduta, Ryhor Kastusyov, Olga Halubovych and Dzianis Kravchuk. Mikhail Kavaliou 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. 5.8.2024

Viktor Alexandrovich DUBROVKA

Function: First Deputy Head of the Department for the Execution of Sentences in the Grodno region; Former Head of the correctional institution Penal Colony No 11; colonel of the internal service Nationality: Belarusian DOB: 19.6.1978 POB: Makhnachi, Slonim District, Grodno Region Gender: male Personal ID: 3190678K013PB2 Viktar Dubrouka is the former head of the correctional institution Penal Colony No 11, where Siarhei Ramanau is serving a sentence of 20 years and 11 months and Vadzim Bobyrau is serving a sentence of 11 years. Both Ramanau and Bobyrau have been placed in the punishment cell multiple times. Viktar Dubrouka remains active in the Lukashenka regime as the First Deputy Head of the Department for the Execution of Sentences in the Grodno region. Viktar Dubrouka therefore supports the Lukashenka regime and is responsible for serious violations of human rights in Belarus. 5.8.2024

Pavel Ivanovich KAZAKOV Павел Iванавіч КАЗАКОЎ Павел Иванович КАЗАКОВ Head of the correctional institution Prison No 1, Grodno; colonel of the internal service DOB: 11.6.1977 POB: Russ, Volkavysk District, Grodno Region Nationality: Belarusian Gender: male Personal ID: 3110677K031PB5 Pavel Kazakou is the head of the correctional institution Prison No 1 in Grodno, where the political prisoner Ales Pushkin and the artist Ruslan Karchauli died due to not receiving proper medical care. Other prisoners detained in that institution testified to the inhumane conditions. Pavel Kazakou is therefore responsible for serious violations of human rights in Belarus. 5.8.2024

Denis Anatolievich TOLSTENKOV Дзяніс Анатольевіч ТАЎСЦЯНКОЎ Денис Анатольевич ТОЛСТЕНКОВ Head of the correctional institution Penal Colony No 4; lieutenant colonel of the internal service Nationality: Belarusian DOB: 17.8.1977 POB: Orsha, Vitebsk Region Gender: male Personal ID: 3170877M000PB9 Dzianis Taustsiankou is the head of the correctional institution Penal Colony No 4, where Polina Sharendo-Panasyuk, a social activist, is imprisoned. Sharendo’s husband, Andrei Sharendo, has spoken about the inhumane conditions and torture that his wife has been facing in that colony. Dzianis Taustsiankou is therefore responsible for serious violations of human rights in Belarus. 5.8.2024

Vasily Vasilyevich KOLEDA Васіль Васільевіч КОЛЕДА Василий Васильевич КОЛЕДА Deputy head of ‘Prison No 1’ in Grodno; lieutenant colonel of the internal service Gender: male Vasil Koleda is the deputy head of Prison No 1 in Grodno, where the political prisoner Ales Pushkin and the artist Ruslan Karchauli died due to not receiving proper medical care. Other prisoners detained in that institution testified to the inhumane conditions. Vasil Koleda is therefore responsible for serious violations of human rights in Belarus. 5.8.2024

Andrey Mikhailovich TSEDRIK

Position(s): Former Head of Pre-trial Detention Centre No 1; colonel of the internal service Nationality: Belarusian DOB: 20.4.1978 POB: Minsk Gender: male Personal ID: 3200478A058PB3 Andrei Tsedryk is the former head of Pre-trial Detention Centre No 1 in Minsk, which is also known as ‘Voldarka’. Many political prisoners, including Ales Pushkin, have gone through that centre and have testified that the conditions in the centre are inhumane. Ales Bialiatski is being held in custody there. The centre also lacks a proper hospital. Andrei Tsedryk is therefore responsible for serious violations of human rights in Belarus. 5.8.2024

Irina Borisovna AKULOVICH Iрына Барысаўна АКУЛОВIЧ Ирина Борисовна АКУЛОВИЧ Director-general of the republican unitary enterprise Belarusian Telegraph Agency (BelTA) DOB: 24.10.1974 POB: Mogilev, Belarus Nationality: Belarusian Gender: female Iryna Akulovich is a long-time supporter of Aliaksandr Lukashenka. In 2018, she was appointed by him as director-general of the biggest State news agency, Belarusian Telegraph Agency (BelTA), and still holds that position. BelTA, through its publications and activities, such as photo exhibitions and public events, extensively promotes Lukashenka and his regime. In her public statements and activities, Iryna Akulovich has shown support for Lukashenka and his narratives regarding the democratic opposition. As a head of BelTA, she sets the tone and direction of the news agency and views the media as a tool to preserve the current regime of the country. She is therefore supporting the Lukashenka regime. 5.8.2024

Nikita Sviatoslavovich RACHILOVSKYI Мікіта Святаслававіч РАЧЫЛОЎСКI Никита Святославович РАЧИЛОВСКИЙ Host of the ‘Senate’ television programme on the STV (СТВ) channel; chairman of the Youth Council (Youth Parliament at the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus); member of the Youth Chamber commission on tourism and environment at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Union State of Belarus and Russia; chairman of the youth civic alliance Moving Forward DOB: 28.7.1997 POB: Minsk, Belarus Nationality: Belarusian Gender: male Mikita Rachylouski holds senior positions in the government institution the Youth Council, the GONGO Moving Forward and the media (the ‘Senate’ television programme). Using those positions, Mykyta Rachylouski has spoken out against Belarusian citizens for criticising the government, participating in protests in 2020 and having opposing views. He has been especially vocal in seeking punishment and persecution for the blogger Kokobay, as well as the music band Drozdy and others. His statements incite persecution and promote hatred towards critics of the regime. During one of his numerous television appearances, he advocated for the removal of history faculty staff at Belarusian universities. He has, on numerous occasions, expressed support for the Belarusian government and for Aliaksandr Lukashenka. He is therefore supporting Lukashenka regime. 5.8.2024

Dmitrii Aleksandrovich ZHUK Дзмітрый Аляксандравіч ЖУК Дмитрий Александрович ЖУК Director and editor-in-chief of the Belarus Today publishing house DOB: 7.7.1970 POB: Letkaushchyna, Minsk region Nationality: Belarusian Gender: male Personal ID: 3070770A081PB7 Dzmitry Zhuk is a long-time supporter of Aliaksandr Lukashenka and his regime. He was previously the head of Lukashenka’s press service and a long-time director-general of the biggest State news agency, Belarusian Telegraph Agency (BelTA). Since 2018, he has been the director and editor-in-chief of the Belarus Today publishing house. In this position, Dzmitry Zhuk has willingly provided the Belarusian public with false information about repression perpetrated by the State authorities, spread disinformation produced by both Belarusian and Russian authorities and promoted hatred towards democratic opposition and civil society. He is directly responsible for the way in which Belarus Today presents information about the situation in the country, lending support to the authorities, including Lukashenka. He is therefore supporting the Lukashenka regime. 5.8.2024

Vyacheslav Ivanovich TULEYKO Вячаслаў Iванавіч ТУЛЕЙКА Вячеслав Иванович ТУЛЕЙКО Judge of the Minsk Regional Court DOB: 27.7.1977 Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian As a judge of the Minsk Regional Court, Viachaslau Tuleyka has represented the Lukashenka regime in numerous politically motivated trials and is responsible for the lengthy sentences against several media workers: lryna Leushyna (BelaPAN), Dzmitry Navazhylau (Bela PAN), Andrey Alyaksandrau (BelaPAN), lryna Zlobina (Bela PAN), Stepan Putilo (Nexta), Yan Rudik (Nexta) and Roman Pratasevich (Nexta). He also sentenced a Belarusian citizen for publishing anti-governmental comments on social media. Those sentences are part a systematic denial of, and punishment for, the exercise of freedom of expression on the part of the Belarusian authorities. Viachaslau Tuleyka 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. 5.8.2024

Elena Nikoayevna ANANICH Алена Мікалаеўна АНАНIЧ Елена Николаевна АНАНИЧ Judge of the Minsk City Court Gender: female Nationality: Belarusian Alena Ananich is a Belarusian judge who has served in the Minsk City Court since 2015, having been appointed by Aliaksandr Lukashenka. She has issued numerous politically motivated rulings against the opponents of the Belarusian authorities, including with particularly high prison sentences: Yauhen Yushkevich – 11 years; Vital Brahiniets (lawyer of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Alies Bialatski) – 8 years; Viachaslau Kandyba – 7 years; and Siarhiei Nikitsin – 6 years. She also sentenced in absentia an opposition activist abroad, Stanislau Lupanosau, formerly an officer of the Main Department for Combating Organised Crime and Corruption (GUBOPiK) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, to 18 years in prison. She is therefore responsible for serious violations of human rights or the repression of civil society and democratic opposition in Belarus. 5.8.2024

Anatoliy Grigorievich SOTNIKOV Анатолій Рыгоравіч СОТНIКАЎ Анатолий Григорьевич СОТНИКОВ Judge of the Homel Regional Court Nationality: Belarusian Gender: male Anatoliy Sotnikau is a judge who has served in the Homel Regional Court since 2019, having been appointed by Aliaksandr Lukashenka. He has issued politically motivated sentences against citizens of Belarus who voiced their opinions against Russia’s full-scale war of aggression against Ukraine and the brutality of Belarusian law-enforcement structures. He is therefore responsible for serious violations of human rights or the repression of civil society and democratic opposition in Belarus. 5.8.2024

Andrei Viktorovich MLECHKO Андрэй Віктаравіч МЛЕЧКА Андрей Викторович МЛЕЧКО Judge of the Frunze District Court of the City of Minsk Nationality: Belarusian Gender: male Andrey Mlechka is a judge who has served in the Frunze District Court of the City of Minsk since 2021, having been appointed by Aliaksandr Lukashenka. He has issued high politically motivated sentences against citizens peacefully expressing critical opinions of the authorities on the streets and on the internet. He is therefore responsible for serious violations of human rights or the repression of civil society and democratic opposition in Belarus. 5.8.2024

Igor Alexandrovich SHVEDOV Iгар Аляксандравіч ШВЕДАЎ Игорь Александрович ШВЕДОВ Judge of the Mahiliou Regional Court Nationality: Belarusian Gender: male Ihar Shvedau is a judge who has served in the Mahiliou Regional Court since 2020, having been appointed by Aliaksandr Lukashenka. He has issued politically motivated sentences against opponents of the Lukashenka regime, including against journalist Andrei Kuznechyk (6 years in prison), political prisoner Anton Shybut (5 years) and others who criticised the Belarusian authorities. He is therefore responsible for serious violations of human rights or the repression of civil society and democratic opposition in Belarus. 5.8.2024 —————

Tatiana Viktorovna SHOTIK Таццяна Віктараўна ШОЦIК Татьяна Викторовна ШОТИК Judge of the court of Leninsky district in Minsk DOB: 21.1.1992 Nationality: Belarusian Gender: female Personal ID: 4210192A027PB8 Tatsiana Shotsik is a judge who has served in the court of Leninsky district in Minsk since 2021, having been appointed by Aliaksandr Lukashenka. She has issued politically motivated sentences against citizens of Belarus who voiced their opinions against the President and the brutality of Belarusian law-enforcement structures. Igor Lednik, a political prisoner, who was sentenced by Shotsik to three years in prison, died on 20 February 2024. Tatsiana Shotsik is therefore responsible for serious violations of human rights or the repression of civil society and democratic opposition in Belarus. 5.8.2024

Vasily Vladimirovich SKOK Васіль Уладзіміравіч СКОК Василий Владимирович СКОК Judge of the Grodno Regional Court Nationality: Belarusian DOB: 17.11.1959 Gender: male Personal ID: 3171159K025PB0 Vasil Skok is a judge who has served in the Grodno Regional Court since 2003, having been appointed by Aliaksandr Lukashenka. He has issued politically motivated sentences against citizens of Belarus who voiced their opinions against the President, the regime and the brutality of Belarusian law-enforcement structures. He sentenced Andrey Sachevko to six years in a high-security penal colony. He is therefore responsible for serious violations of human rights or the repression of civil society and democratic opposition in Belarus. 5.8.2024

Stanislav Vladimirovich IVANYUTENKO Станіслаў Уладзіміравіч IВАНЮЦЕНКА Станислав Владимирович ИВАНЮТЕНКО Judge of the court of the Rechitsa district of the Gomel region DOB: 29.7.1982 Nationality: Belarusian Gender: male Personal ID: 3290782H007PB3 Stanislau Ivaniutsenka is a judge who has served in the the court of the Rechitsa district of the Gomel region since 2019, having been appointed by Aliaksandr Lukashenka. He has issued politically motivated sentences against citizens of Belarus who voiced their opinions against the President and the brutality of Belarusian law-enforcement structures. He ruled on the case of Polina Sharendo, a social activist from Belarus, who was detained in January 2021. He is therefore responsible for serious violations of human rights or the repression of civil society and democratic opposition in Belarus. 5.8.2024

Alexey Anatolievich KHLYSHCHENKOV Аляксей Анатольевіч ХЛЫШЧАНКАЎ Алексей Анатольевич ХЛЫЩЕНКОВ Position(s): Judge of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Belarus; former judge of the Gomel Regional Court DOB: 27.8.1982 Nationality: Belarusian Gender: male Personal ID: 3270882H007PB4 Aliaksey Klyshchankau is a judge who served in the Gomel Regional Court between 2019 and 2023, having been appointed by Aliaksandr Lukashenka. He has issued politically motivated sentences against citizens of Belarus who voiced their opinions against the President and the brutality of Belarusian law-enforcement structures. He sentenced Yuri Vlasov, a confidant of presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, to 6,5 years in a maximum-security penal colony. Since 2023, he is a judge of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Belarus, where he has upheld politically motivated sentences. Aliaksey Klyshchankau is therefore responsible for seriously undermining the rule of law and for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition in Belarus. 5.8.2024

Igor Fedorovich ZEMTSOV Iгар Фёдаравіч ЗЯМЦОЎ Игорь Федорович ЗЕМЦОВ Judge of the Mogilev Regional Court Nationality: Belarusian DOB: 20.3.1975 Gender: male Personal ID: 3200375M061PB1 Ihar Ziamtsau is a judge who has served in the Mogilev Regional Court since 2017, having been appointed by Aliaksandr Lukashenka. He has issued politically motivated sentences against citizens of Belarus who voiced their opinions against the President and the brutality of Belarusian law-enforcement structures. He is therefore responsible for seriously undermining the rule of law and for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition in Belarus. 5.8.2024

Alexey Yurevich KRIAKVIN Аляксей Юр’евіч КРАКВIН Алексей Юрьевич КРЯКВИН Propagandist on the All-National Television (ONT) TV channel DOB: 9.11.1984 POB: Minsk, Belarus Nationality: Belarusian Gender: male Aliaksei Kriakvin is a propagandist for the State-owned ONT TV channel and is engaged in the production of propaganda material in support of the Lukashenka regime. In particular, he was directly involved in the work on ONT’s ‘special investigation’ about the criminal case of Viktor Babariko, in which data from the preliminary investigation were disclosed. He appears in television programmes, regularly criticising the actions of opponents of the Lukashenka regime and talking about the involvement of the West in popular unrest in Belarus. He is therefore supporting the Lukashenka regime. 5.8.2024

Viktor Arkadievich CHEVTSOV/ SHEVTSOV Вiктар Аркадзьевiч ШАЎЦОЎ Виктор Аркадьевич ШЕВЦОВ Position(s): Businessman, investor DOB: 5.12.1963 POB: Razumava village, Vitebsk region, Belarus Nationality: Belarusian Gender: male Passport number: MP4572331, issued on 12.2.2021 Personal ID: 3051263A036PB7 Viktar Shautsou is a businessman with business interests in Belarus. In his role as honorary consul of the Philippines in Belarus, and through his involvement in representing the Belarusian Government, he is supporting the Lukashenka regime. Furthermore, he is benefitting from the regime, through his involvement in Reshenie Bank, which in turn has interests in and is involved in the Dudutki museum complex, which is benefitting from the Belarussian state budget. Therefore, Viktar Shautsou is supporting and benefitting from the Lukashenka regime. 5.8.2024

Olga Anatolievna DUBOVIK Вольга Анатольеўна ДУБОВIК Ольга Анатольевна ДУБОВИК Judge of the court of the Maladzechna district of the Minsk region Nationality: Belarusian DOB: 26.8.1978 Gender: female Personal ID: 4260878B038PB7 Volha Dubovik is a Belarusian judge who serves in the court of the Maladzechna district of the Minsk region. She was appointed by Aliaksandr Lukashenka in 2020. She has issued politically motivated sentences, including against citizens of Belarus who protested against the fraudulent presidential elections of 2020. She also sentenced a citizen for acting in self-defence against law-enforcement brutality. She is therefore responsible for seriously undermining the rule of law and for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition. 5.8.2024

Anton Gennadievich DUDAL Антон Генадзевіч ДУДАЛЬ Антон Геннадьевич ДУДАЛЬ Position(s):Former judge of the court of the Bobruisk region and the city of Bobruisk, Chairman of the Kirovsky District Court Nationality: Belarusian DOB: 11.8.1986 Gender: male Personal ID: 3110886M079PB3 Anton Dudal was a judge who served in the court of the Bobruisk district and the city of Bobruisk. He was appointed by Aliaksandr Lukashenka in 2019. He has issued politically motivated sentences, including against citizens of Belarus who voiced their opinions against the President. He sentenced a citizen for acting in self-defence against law-enforcement brutality. He transferred Andrey Sachevko to prison in Mahiliou. Anton Dudal is therefore responsible for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition. He remains active in the Lukashenka regime as the Chairman of Kirovsky District Court. 5.8.2024

Nikolai Vasilievich SERGEEVICH Мікалай Васільевіч СЯРГЕЕВIЧ Николай Васильевич СЕРГЕЕВИЧ Position(s): Former judge of the Zhlobinsky District Court of the Gomel Region, Chairman of the Chechersky District Court Nationality: Belarusian DOB: 22.8.1983 Gender: male Personal ID: 3220883H026PB7 Mikalai Siarheevich was a Belarusian judge who served in the Zhlobinsky District Court of the Gomel Region He was appointed by Aliaksandr Lukashenka. He has issued politically motivated sentences against citizens of Belarus who voiced their opinions against the fraudulent presidential elections of 2020, including participants in the Zhlobin protests. Mikalai Siarheevich is therefore responsible for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition. He remains active in the Lukashenka regime as the Chairman of Chechersky District Court. 5.8.2024

Vitaliy Viktorovich SINILO Віталій Віктаравіч СIНIЛА Виталий Викторович СИНИЛО Judge and chairman of the court of the Mostovsky district of the Grodno region DOB: 15.5.1976 Nationality: Belarusian Gender: male Personal ID: 3161180C038PB1 Vitali Sinila is a Belarusian judge and chairman of the court of the Mostovsky district of the Grodno region. He was appointed by Aliaksandr Lukashenka. He issued sentences against a number of citizens of Belarus who voiced their opinions against the President and the regime’s authorities, e.g. Viktor Tsarikevich and Sergei Burak, for the dissent they expressed on social media and offline. He is therefore responsible for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition. 16.12.2024

Irina Vasilevna PRADUN Iрына Васільеўна ПРАДУН Ирина Васильевна ПРАДУН Judge and chairperson of the court of the Rogachev district of the Gomel Region DOB: 21.5.1974 Nationality: Belarusian Gender: female Personal ID: 4210574H035PB4 Iryna Pradun is a Belarusian judge and chairperson of the court of the Rogachev district of the Gomel region. She was appointed by Aliaksandr Lukashenka. She issued sentences against a large number of citizens of Belarus who voiced their opinions against the President. She also issued sentences against a number of individuals for their alleged participation in protests and for resisting the brutality of the Belarusian law enforcement authorities, e.g. in the case against Evgeny Kokhanovsky, who according to human rights defenders was coerced into pleading guilty to having taken part in protests. She is therefore responsible for the repression of civil society. 16.12.2024

Vadim Ivanovich MOZOL Вадзім Iванавіч МАЗОЛЬ Вадим Иванович МОЗОЛЬ Judge of the Pruzhany District Court of the Brest Region DOB: 13.4.1974 Nationality: Belarusian Gender: male Personal ID: 3130474C031PB6 Vadzim Mazol is a Belarusian judge of the Pruzhany District Court of the Brest Region. He was appointed by Aliaksandr Lukashenka. He issued sentences against a large number of citizens of Belarus who voiced their opinions against the President and the regime’s law enforcement authorities, including on social media. He is therefore responsible for the repression of civil society. 16.12.2024

Nina Vladimirovna SHESTAK Ніна Уладзіміраўна ШАСТАК Нина Владимировна ШЕСТАК Judge of the Brest Regional Court DOB: 1.5.1958 Nationality: Belarusian Gender: female Personal ID: 4010558C080PB9 Nina Shastak is a Belarusian judge of the Brest Regional Court. She was appointed by Aliaksandr Lukashenka. She issued sentences against a number of citizens of Belarus who voiced their opinions against the Belarusian regime’s authorities. She also considered appeals against sentences of peaceful demonstrators, confirming those sentences. She is therefore responsible for the repression of civil society. 16.12.2024

Vera Vyacheslavovna FILONIK Вера Вячаславаўна ФIЛОНIК Вера Вячеславовна ФИЛОНИК Judge of the Brest Regional Court DOB: 8.3.1990 Nationality: Belarusian Gender: female Personal ID: 4080390K014PB5 Vera Filonik is a Belarusian judge of the Brest Regional Court. She was appointed by Aliaksandr Lukashenka. She issued sentences against a large number of citizens of Belarus accused of having taken part in the protests against the Belarusian regime in August 2020. She is therefore responsible for the repression of civil society. 16.12.2024

Irina Leonidovna MAIKO Iрына Леанідаўна МАЙКО Ирина Леонидовна МАЙКО Judge of the Minsk Regional Court DOB: 25.11.1974 Nationality: Belarusian Gender: female Personal ID: 4251174A007PB7 Iryna Maiko is a Belarusian judge of the Minsk Regional Court. She was appointed by Aliaksandr Lukashenka. She issued sentences against citizens who voiced their opinions against the President and the regime’s authorities, e.g. Roman Yankouski and Mikhail Nemtsov, for the dissent they expressed on social media and offline. She is therefore responsible for the repression of civil society. 16.12.2024

Vasily Vasilyevich BEGUN Васілій Васільевіч БЯГУН Василий Васильевич БЕГУН Judge of the Gomel Regional Court DOB: 9.12.1960 POB: Kondopoga, Republic of Karelia, Russia Nationality: Belarusian Gender: male Vasily Biagun is a Belarussian judge who has served in the Gomel Regional Court since 2003. He was appointed by Aliaksandr Lukashenka. Biagun issued numerous rulings against opponents of the Belarussian authorities, including sentences against individuals for their activity on social media. He also issued politically motivated prison sentences against Nikita Slepenka (3 years) and Pavel Bobchenko (2 years). He is therefore responsible for the repression of civil society. 16.12.2024

Evgeni Anatolevich BREGAN Яўгеній Анатольевіч БРЭГАН Евгений Анатольевич БРЕГАН Judge of the Brest Regional Court DOB: 26.3.1982 Nationality: Belarusian Gender: male Personal ID: 3260382K020PB0 Yauheni Bregan is a Belarusian judge of the Brest Regional Court. He was appointed by Aliaksandr Lukashenka. He was formerly a judge of the Moskovsky District Court of Brest and judge of the city of Baranovichi in the Brest region. He issued sentences against a large number of citizens of Belarus accused, amongst other things, of having taken part in the protests against the Belarusian regime in August 2020. He is therefore responsible for the repression of civil society. 16.12.2024

Alexander Nikolaevich MOKHOREV Аляксандр Мікалаевіч МОХОРАЎ Александр Николаевич МОХОРЕВ Judge of the Soviet District Court of the city of Gomel DOB: 16.4.1986 Nationality: Belarusian Gender: male Personal ID: 3160486H031PB9 Aliaksandr Mokhorau a Belarusian judge who has served in the Soviet District Court of the city of Gomel since 2021. He was appointed by Aliaksandr Lukashenka. He issued sentences against citizens of Belarus who voiced their opinions against the President, the system and brutality of Belarusian law enforcement structures. He is therefore responsible for repression of civil society. 16.12.2024

Olesya Vladimirovna OSIPOVA Алеся Уладзіміраўна ОСIПАВА Олеся Владимировна ОСИПОВА Judge of the Central District Court of the city of Gomel DOB: 4.9.1979 Nationality: Belarusian Gender: female Personal ID: 4040979H059PB4 Alesya Osipava is a Belarusian judge who has served in the Central District Court of the city of Gomel since 2019. She was appointed by Aliaksandr Lukashenka. She issued sentences against citizens of Belarus who voiced their opinions against the President, the system and brutality of Belarusian law enforcement structures. She is therefore responsible for the repression of civil society. 16.12.2024

Viktor Viktorovich NOVIK Віктар Віктаравіч НОВIК Виктор Викторович НОВИК Judge, President of the Court, Zhabinka District DOB: 27.5.1963 POB: Beloye, Mamlyutsky district, North Kazakhstan region, Kazakhstan Nationality: Belarusian Gender: male Personal ID: 3270563K025PB7 Viktar Novik is a Belarussian judge who has served in the Zhabinka District court since 2017. He was appointed by Aliaksandr Lukashenka. Novik issued numerous rulings against opponents of the Belarussian authorities. He issued politically motivated prison sentences against Vitali Ivanyukovich (2 years), Natalia Letsko (1 year), Andrei Vlasov and Yulia Suvalko (3 years) and Valentin Shumik (2 years). He is therefore responsible for the repression of civil society. 16.12.2024

Vadim Rostislavovich MURASHKO Вадзім Расціслававіч МУРАШКА Вадим Ростиславович МУРАШКО Head of the correctional institution Penal Colony No 13 DOB: 20.6.1979 POB: Bortniki, Hlybokaye District, Vitebsk Region, Belarus Nationality: Belarusian Gender: male Personal ID: 3200679E065PB6 Vadzim Murashka is a Belarusian national and head of the correctional institution Penal Colony No 13, a maximum-security prison where a number of political prisoners are held, including Nikolai Statkevich, Vitaly Melnik and Sergei Vereshkhagin. Prisoners of Colony No. 13 face inhumane conditions and are subject to abuses. He is therefore responsible for serious violations of human rights and repression of civil society. 16.12.2024

Sergey Vladimirovich BEREISHIK Сяргей Уладзіміравіч БЯРЭЙШЫК Сергей Владимирович БЕРЕЙШИК Deputy head of Pre-trial Detention Centre No. 1 ‘Voldarka’ DOB: 31.10.1976 POB: Minsk, Belarus Nationality: Belarusian Gender: male Personal ID: 3311076A076PB6 Siarhei Biareishyk is the deputy head of Pre-trial Detention Centre No. 1 ‘Voldarka’. In this position, he is responsible for the inhumane treatment of the detainees, including beatings, overcrowding and lack of appropriate medical treatment and sanitary equipment. The majority of inmates are political detainees, such as human rights activist, founder of Belarusian human rights association Viasna and 2022 Nobel Peace Prize Winner Ales Bialiatski, who was detained in ‘Voldarka’ until October 2024. Siarhei Biareishyk is therefore responsible for serious violations of human rights and repression of civil society. 16.12.2024

Nikolai Nikolaevich MUSHKAROV Мікалай Мікалаевіч МУШКАРОЎ Николай Николаевич МУШКАРОВ Deputy head of labour service in Pre-trial Detention Center No. 1 ‘Voldarka’ DOB: 19.12.1980 POB: Minsk, Belarus Nationality: Belarusian Gender: male Personal ID: 3191280A031PB0 Mikalai Mushkarou is the deputy head of labour service in the Pre-trial Detention centre No. 1 ‘Voldarka’. In this position, he is responsible for the inhumane treatment of the mainly political detainees, including beatings, overcrowding and lack of appropriate medical treatment and sanitary equipment. The majority of inmates are political detainees, such as human rights activist, founder of Belarusian human rights association Viasna and 2022 Nobel Peace Prize Winner Ales Bialiatski, who was detained in ‘Voldarka’ until October 2024. Mikalai Mushkarou is therefore responsible for serious violations of human rights and repression of civil society. 16.12.2024

Sergey Nikolaevich PETRAKOVICH Сяргей Мікалаевіч ПЕТРАКОВIЧ Сергей Николаевич ПЕТРАКОВИЧ Head of the correctional institution Penal Colony No 9 DOB: 26.10.1976 POB: Stan, Gorki District, Mogilev Region, Belarus Nationality: Belarusian Gender: male Personal ID: 3261076M062PB5 Siarhei Petrakovich is the head of Penal Colony No 9. In this position he is responsible for the inhumane treatment of prisoners, including isolation and beatings. The majority of the inmates are political prisoners, such as Mikola Dedok and the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize winner Ales Bialiatski. Siarhei Petrakovich is therefore responsible for serious violations of human rights and the repression of civil society. 16.12.2024

Viktor Petrovich LUTSEV Віктар Пятровіч ЛУТЦАЎ Виктор Петрович ЛУТЦЕВ Head of the medical unit, Prison No. 1 in Grodno DOB: 24.12.1985 POB: Grodno, Belarus Nationality: Belarusian Gender: male Personal ID: 3241285K026PB1 Viktar Luttsau is the head of the medical unit in Prison No. 1 in Grodno. In this position, he is responsible for the inhumane treatment of detainees and lack of appropriate and timely medical assistance. The lack of proper medical treatment led to the death of political prisoner Ales Pushkin, who was not provided timely medical assistance. He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations and the repression of civil society. 16.12.2024

Igor Timofeyevich SUBBOTIN Iгар Цімафеевіч СУБОЦIН Игорь Тимофеевич СУББОТИН Businessman DOB: 15.10.1951 POB: Belarus Nationality: Belarusian Gender: male Personal ID: 3151051A006PB8 Ihar Subotsin is a long-term close business associate of Alexander Shakutin. Ihar Subotsin has been working with Alexander Shakutin since the early 1990s and was also his assistant when Alexander Shakutin was a member of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus and his deputy at the Belarusian Tennis Federation. Both Alexander Shakutin and Ihar Subotsin are shareholders in the following companies: SIA Anulatrans (Latvia), SV Maschinen GmbH (Germany), PMI Engineering LLC (Belarus), SALEO LLC (Belarus), UAB EM System (Lithuania). They are co-founders and co-owners of Prommedinvest, which is now named SALEO LLC (Belarus). This company is also partially owned by EM System, PMI Engineering, and SV Maschinen GmbH, of which both Shakutin and Subotsin are shareholders. Ihar Subotsin is therefore associated with Alexander Shakutin. 16.12.2024

Alexey Ivanovich SHVAKOV Аляксей Iванавіч ШВАКОЎ Алексей Иванович ШВАКОВ Chairman of the Belarusian Republican Bar Association (since 14 February 2022); former chairman of the Minsk City Bar Association (26 April 2012–20 February 2022) DOB: 5.10.1964 Nationality: Belarusian Gender: male Passport number: 3051064A050PB In his role as Chairman of the Belarusian Republican Bar Association, Aliaksei Shvakau has been leading and shaping the the Belarusian Republican Bar Association policy of systemic repression against lawyers who represent clients in politically motivated cases or who speak out against abuses by the Lukashenko regime. In his former role as chairman of the Minsk City Bar Association, he also targeted lawyers representing clients in politically motivated cases. He is therefore responsible for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition and activities that undermine the rule of law in Belarus. 16.12.2024

Oleg Gennadievich ORLOV Алег Генадзевіч АРЛОЎ Олег Геннадьевич ОРЛОВ DOB: 18.7.1969 POB: Azerbaijan Nationality: Belarusian Gender: male Passport number: MP3428828 Aleh Arlou is a businessperson operating in Belarus. He is the owner of Ruzekspeditsiya LLC since 7 August 2023. Since 2019 Aleh Arlou’s company has conducted its business from the Bremino-Orsha Special Economic Zone (SEZ), established by a presidential decree of Aliaksandr Lukashenka, which is managed by Bremino Group LLC. Companies established in the Bremino-Orsha Special Economic Zone profit from tax and other financial advantages. Bremino-Orsha SEZ is home to and therefore gives these benefits to only six companies, including Bremino Group LLC. The decision as to who is allowed to share in the benefits of the Bremino-Orsha SEZ by becoming its resident, lies solely with Bremino Group LLC as the managing company of the SEZ. According to journalists’ investigations, Ruzekspeditsiya is involved in a sanctions evasion scheme concerning Council Regulation (EC) No 765/2006. It follows that Arlou is associated with entities listed under Regulation (EC) No 765/2006, namely Ruzekspeditsiya LLC and Bremino Group. Through his ownership of the company he also benefits from the advantages granted to Ruzekspeditsiya LLC by the regime. He also partakes in a scheme designed to frustrate Council Regulation (EC) No 765/2006. 16.12.2024

Andrei Alekseevich RYBAKOV Андрэй Аляксеевіч РЫБАКОЎ Андрей Алексеевич РЫБАКОВ Director General of OAO Belaruskali Former Chairman of the Belarusian State Concern for Oil and Chemistry (Belneftekhim) DOB: 11.7.1976 POB: Mohiliow (Mogilev), Belarus Nationality: Belarusian Gender: male Andrei Rybakou is the Director General of OAO Belaruskali. He was appointed by Aliaksandr Lukahsenka on 4 November 2024, replacing Ivan Golovaty. Lukashenka described Belaruskali as a ‘vital state-forming enterprise’. Previously, Rybakou was the Chairman of the Belarusian State Concern for Oil and Chemistry (Belneftekhim), sanctioned by the EU since 3 August 2023. In that capacity, he was responsible for the output of Belarusian oil refineries, a vital operation for the Lukashenka regime. Dmitri Krutoi, the Head of the Belarus President Administration, stated that Rybakou was appointed specifically for his ‘specific experience’ running ‘the most sanctioned’ entity – Belneftekhim. Therefore, Andrei Rybakou benefits from and supports the Lukashenka regime by managing state-owned companies of great importance to the regime. He is also associated with sanctioned entity OAO Belaruskali, as its Director General. 16.12.2024

Oleg Fedorovich BARABANOV Алег Федаровіч БАРАБАНАЎ Олег Федорович БАРАБАНОВ DOB: 29.8.1956 POB: Grodno region, Belarus Nationality: Belarusian Gender: male Passport number: KH2539329 National ID:3290856K010PB6 Aleh Barabanau is the director and part-owner of Vlate Logistik LLC, a transport and storage company which holds the status of authorised economic operator. Through this status, issued by state authorities, it enjoys significant tax advantages. Through the privileges awarded to the company, Barabanau benefits from the Lukashenka regime. 16.12.2024

Oleg Romualdovich GERASIM Алег Рамуальдавіч ГЕРАСIМ Олег Ромуальдович ГЕРАСИМ DOB: 3.3.1962 POB: Belarus Nationality: Belarusian Gender: male Passport number: MP3293367 National ID: 3030362A074PB6 Aleh Herasim is part-owner of Vlate Logistik LLC, a transport and storage company which holds the status of authorised economic operator. Through this status, issued by state authorities, it enjoys significant tax advantages. Through the privileges awarded to the company, Herasim benefits from the Lukashenka regime. 16.12.2024

Oleg Vladimirovich PETROV Алег Уладзіміравіч ПЯТРОЎ Олег Владимирович ПЕТРОВ DOB: 26.3.1962 POB: Russia Nationality: Russian Gender: male Passport no.: OI110473 Aleh Piatrou is part-owner of Vlate Logistik LLC, a transport and storage company which holds a status of authorised economic operator. Through this status, issued by state authorities, it enjoys significant tax advantages. Through the privileges awarded to the company, Piatrou benefits from the Lukashenka regime. 16.12.2024