LegalizeCouncil Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/997 of 21 June 2021 implementing Article 8a(1) of Regulation (EC) No 765/2006 concerning restrictive measures in respect of Belarus
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| According to witness testimonies, some of the women detained on 9-12 August 2020 were heavily beaten in the detention centres. According to the testimony of multiple women, included in the report of the Centre for Promotion of Women’s Rights “Her Rights”, the most inhumane treatment took place in the detention centre at Akrestina in Minsk, where the OMON policemen were especially cruel and used torture. He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations and for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition. | |||||
| 138. | Uladzimir Iosifavich LAPYR Vladimir Yosifovich LAPYR | Уладзiмiр Iосiфавiч ЛАПЫР Владимир Иосифович ЛАПЫРЬ | Deputy Head of the Akrestina Temporary Detention Centre DOB: 21.08.1977 POB: Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian | In his position as Deputy Head of the Akrestina Temporary Detention Centre, Uladzimir Lapyr is responsible for appalling conditions and for the inhumane and degrading treatment, including beatings and torture, inflicted on citizens detained in this detention facility in the wake of the 2020 presidential election. According to the testimony of multiple women included in the report of the Centre for Promotion of Women’s Rights, "Her Rights," the most inhumane treatment took place in the detention centre at Akrestina in Minsk, where the OMON policemen were especially cruel and used torture. | 21.6.2021 |
| He is therefore responsible for serious violations of human rights and for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition. | |||||
| 139. | Aliaksandr Uladzimiravich VASILIUK Alexander (Alexandr) Vladimirovich VASILIUK | Аляксандр Уладзiмiравiч ВАСIЛЮК Александр Владимирович ВАСИЛЮК | Head of the Investigation team of the Investigative Committee DOB: 08.05.1975 POB: Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian | In his position as Head of the Investigation team of the Investigative Committee of Belarus, Aliaksandr Vasiliuk is responsible for politically-motivated prosecutions and detention, in particular of the opposition Coordination Council members, including Belarusian opposition leader Mariya Kalesnikava who is considered a political prisoner by human rights organisations. He is also responsible for the detention of several opposition media representatives. He is therefore responsible for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition. | 21.6.2021 |
| 140. | Yauhen Anatolevich ARKHIREEU Evgeniy Anatolevich ARKHIREEV | Яўген Анатольевiч АРХIРЭЕЎ Евгений Анатольевич АРХИРЕЕВ | Head of the Main Investigation Department, Central Office of Investigative Committee DOB: 1.07.1977 POB: Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian | In his position as the Head of the Main Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of Belarus, Yauhen Arkhireeu is responsible for initiating and investigating politically-motivated criminal proceedings, in particular of the opposition Coordination Council members and other protesters. Such investigations are aimed at intimidating protesters, as well as criminalizing the participation in peaceful protests. He is therefore responsible for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition. | 21.6.2021 |
| 141. | Aliaksei Iharavich KAURYZHKIN Alexey Igorovich KOVRYZHKIN | Аляĸсей Iгаравiч КАЎРЫЖКIН Алеĸсей Игоревич КОВРИЖКИН | Head of Investigation Team, Main Investigation Department, Investigative Committee DOB: 03.11.1981 POB: Bobruisk, former USSR (now Belarus) Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian | In his position as the Head of the Investigation Team of the Investigative Committee of Belarus, Aliaksei Kauryzhkin is responsible for politically motivated prosecutions and detention, in particular of members of Viktar Babarika's presidential campaign team and of Coordination Council members, including lawyer Maksim Znak who is considered a political prisoner by human rights organisations. He is therefore responsible for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition. | 21.6.2021 |
| 142. | Aliaksandr Dzmitryevich AHAFONAU Alexander (Alexandr) Dmitrievich AGAFONOV | Аляксандр Дзмiтрыевiч АГАФОНАЎ Александр Дмитриевич АГАФОНОВ | First Deputy Head of the Main Investigation Department, Investigative Committee DOB: 13.03.1982 POB: Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian | In his position as the First Deputy Head of the Main Investigation Department of the Investigative Committee of Belarus, Aliaksandr Ahafonau is responsible for politically-motivated prosecutions and arrests of the presidential candidate Siarhei Tsikhanousky – opposition activist and husband of presidential candidate Svetlana Tsikhanouskaya. and other political activists, including Mikalai Statkevich and Dzmitry Kazlou. Siarhei Tsikhanousky, Dzmitry Kazlou, and Mikalai Statkevich are recognised as political prisoners by Viasna, a Belarussian human rights organisation. | 21.6.2021 |
| He is therefore responsible for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition. | |||||
| 143. | Kanstantsin Fiodaravich BYCHAK Konstantin Fedorovich BYCHEK | Канстанцiн Фёдаравiч БЫЧАК Константин Фёдорович БЫЧЕК | Head of Division of the KGB Investigation Department DOB: 20.09.1985 POB: Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian | In his position as Head of Division of the KGB Investigation Department, Kanstantin Bychak has supervised politically motivated investigation of presidential candidate Viktar Babarika. Babarika’s candidacy was rejected by the Central Election Commission. This decision was based on a report from the KGB and official TV statements of Bychak declaring Babarika guilty of money laundering while investigations were still ongoing. | 21.6.2021 |
| On October 26, 2020, Bychak threatened peaceful protestors on the governmental TV by stating that their actions would be classified as acts of terrorism. He is therefore responsible for the repression of the democratic opposition and civil society. | |||||
| 144. | Andrei Siarheevich BAKACH Andrei Sergeevich BAKACH | Андрэй Сяргеевiч БАКАЧ Андрей Сергеевич БАКАЧ | Head of the Pervomaysky District Police Department of Minsk DOB: 19.11.1983 POB: Minsk, former USSR (now Belarus) Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian | In his position as Head of the department of Internal Affairs of the Pervomaysky District Administration in Minsk (since December 2019), Andrei Bakach is responsible for the actions of police forces belonging to this police precinct and for the actions occurring in the police station. During his time as Head, peaceful protesters in Minsk were subjected to cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment inside the police station under his control. He is therefore responsible for serious violations of human rights and the repression of civil society and democratic opposition. | 21.6.2021 |
| 145. | Aliaksandr Uladzimiravich, PALULEKH Aleksandr Vladimirovich POLULEKH | Аляксандр Уладзiмiравiч 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 |
| 146. | Aliaksandr Aliaksandravich ZAKHVITSEVICH Aleksandr Aleksandrovich ZAKHVITSEVICH | Аляксандр Аляксандравiч ЗАХВIЦЭВIЧ 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 |
| 147. | Siarhei Uladzimiravich USHAKOU Sergei Vladimirovich USHAKOV | Сяргей Уладзiмiравiч УШАКОЎ Сергей Владимирович УШАКОВ | Deputy Head of the Frunzensky District Police Department of Minsk DOB: 22.08.1980 POB: Minsk, former USSR (now Belarus) Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian | In his position as the Deputy Head of the Frunzensky District Police Department of Minsk supervising criminal police, Siarhei Ushakou is responsible for 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. | 21.6.2021 |
| 148. | Siarhei Piatrovich ARTSIOMENKA Sergei Petrovich ARTEMENKO / ARTIOMENKO | Сяргей Пятровiч АРЦЁМЕНКА Сергей Петрович АРТЁМЕНКО | Deputy Head of the Pervomaisky Police District in Minsk DOB: 26.03.1973 POB: Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian | In his position as the Deputy Head of the Pervomaisky Police District in Minsk, supervising public security police, Siarhei Artemenko is responsible for the inhumane and degrading treatment, including torture, inflicted, by his subordinates on citizens detained at the Pervomaiskiy District Police Department of Minsk that occurred in the wake of the 2020 presidential election and for the general brutal crackdown on peaceful protesters. One example is the mistreatment of Maksim Haroshin, a floral shop owner, who was arrested after he gave flowers to the participants of the Women's March on 13 October 2020. Artemenko exerted pressure on citizens not to participate in peaceful demonstrations. | 21.6.2021 |
| He is therefore responsible for serious violations of human rights and the repression of civil society and democratic opposition. | |||||
| 149. | Aliaksandr Mikhailavich RYDZETSKI Aleksandr Mikhailovich RIDETSKIY | Аляксандр Мiхайлавiч РЫДЗЕЦКI 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 |
| 150. | Dzmitry Iauhenevich BURDZIUK Dmitry Evgenevich BURDIUK | Дзмiтрый Яўгеньевiч БУРДЗЮК Дмитрий Евгеньевич БУРДЮК | Head of the Oktyabrsky District Police Department, Former Head of the Partizanski District Police Department of Minsk DOB: 31.01.1980 POB: Brest region, former USSR (now Belarus) Gender: male | In his former position as Head of the Partizanski District Police Department of Minsk, Dzmitry Burdziuk was responsible for overseeing the severe beatings and torture of peaceful protesters and bystanders in that district in the wake of the 2020 presidential election. In December 2020 he was appointed Head of the Oktyabrsky District Police Department. He is therefore responsible for serious violations of human rights and the repression of civil society and democratic opposition. | 21.6.2021 |
| Nationality: Belarusian Personal identification: 3310180C009PB7 Passport number: MP3567896 | |||||
| 151. | Vital Vitalevich KAPILEVICH Vitaliy Vitalevich KAPILEVICH | Вiталь Вiтальевiч КАПIЛЕВIЧ Виталий Витальевич КАПИЛЕВИЧ | Head of the Leninsky District Police Department of Minsk DOB: 26.11.1988 POB: Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian | In his position as the Head of the Leninsky District Police Department of Minsk, Vital Kapilevich is responsible for the inhumane and degrading treatment, including torture, inflicted on citizens detained at the Leninsky District Police Department. The detainees were denied medical help; paramedics who arrived at the Department were intimidated to prevent the provision of medical assistance to the detainees. He is therefore responsible for serious violations of human rights and the repression of civil society. | 21.6.2021 |
| 152. | Kiryl Stanislavavich KISLOU Kirill Stanislavovich KISLOV | Кiрыл Станiслававiч КIСЛОЎ Кирилл Станиславович КИСЛОВ | Head of the Zavodsky District Police Department of Minsk DOB: 02.01.1979 POB: Minsk, former USSR (now Belarus) Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian | In his position as Head of the Zavodsky District Police Department of Minsk, Kiryl Kislou is responsible for inhumane and degrading treatment, including torture, inflicted on citizens detained at the premises of this police station. He is also responsible for mass repressions against peaceful protesters, journalists, human rights activists, workers, representatives of the academic community and bystanders, inflicted by his subordinates. He is therefore responsible for serious violations of human rights and the repression of civil society. | 21.6.2021 |
| 153. | Siarhei Aliaksandravich VAREIKA Sergey Aleksandrovich VAREIKO | Сяргей Аляĸсандравiч ВАРЭЙКА Сергей Алеĸсандрович ВАРЕЙКО | Head of Moskovski District Police Department of Minsk, former Deputy Head of the Zavodsky District Police Department of Minsk DOB: 01.02.1980 POB: | In his former position as Deputy Head of the Zavodsky District Police Siarhei Vareika is responsible for the inhumane and degrading treatment, including torture, inflicted on citizens detained on the premises of the Zavodsky District Police Department in the wake of the 2020 presidential election. He is also responsible for the actions of his subordinates, who took part in mass repressions against peaceful protesters, journalists, human rights activists, workers, representatives of the academic community and bystanders. | 21.6.2021 |
| Gender: male Nationality: Belarusian | On 21 December 2020 he was appointed Head of Moskovsky District Police Department of Minsk. He is therefore responsible for serious violations of human rights and the repression of civil society. | ||||
| 154. | Siarhei Feliksavich DUBAVIK Sergey Feliksovich DUBOVIK | Сяргей Фелiĸсавiч ДУБАВIК 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. | 21.6.2021 |
| 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. | |||||
| 155. | Aliaksandr Mechyslavavich ANDRYEUSKI Alexander (Alexandr) Mechislavovich ANDRIEVSKII | Аляĸсандр Мечыслававiч АНДРЫЕЎСКI 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 |
| 156. | Vital Mikhailavich MAKRYTSKI Vitalii Mikhailavich MAKRITSKII | Вiталь Мiхайлавiч МАКРЫЦКI 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 |
| 157. | Yauhen Aliakseevich URUBLEUSKI Evgenii Alekseevich VRUBLEVSKII | Яўген Аляĸсеевiч УРУБЛЕЎСКI 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 |
| 158. | Mikalai Mikalaevich KARPIANKAU Nikolai Nikolaevich KARPENKOV | Мiĸалай Мiĸалаевiч 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. | 21.6.2021 |
| 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. | |||||
| 159. | Mikhail Viachaslavavich HRYB Mikhail Viacheslavovich GRIB | Мiхаiл Вячаслававiч 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). | 21.6.2021 |
| 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. | |||||
| 160. | Viktar Genadzevich KHRENIN Viktor Gennadievich KHRENIN | Вiктар Генадзевiч ХРЭНIН Виктор Геннадиевич ХРЕНИН | Minister of Defense DOB: 01.08.1971 POB: Navahrudak/ Novogrudek, former USSR (now Belarus) Gender: Male Nationality: Belarusian Rank: Lieutanant General BY passport number: KH2594621 | In his position as Minister of Defense of Belarus since 20 January 2020, Viktar Khrenin is responsible for the decision taken by the Command of the Air Forces and Air Defence Forces, on Lukashenka's instructions, to dispatch military aircraft to escort the forced landing of passenger flight FR4978 in Minsk airport without proper justification on 23 May 2021. This politically motivated decision was aimed at arresting and detaining opposition journalist Raman Pratasevich and Sofia Sapega and is a form of repression against civil society and democratic opposition in Belarus. | 21.6.2021 |
| Personal identification: 3010871K003PB1 | He has made several public statements, declaring readiness to use the army against peaceful protesters in August 2020 and likening protesters' use of the historical white-red-white flag to Nazi collaborators. He is therefore responsible for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition in Belarus, and is supporting the Lukashenka regime. | ||||
| 161. | Ihar Uladzimiravich HOLUB Igor Vladimirovich GOLUB | Iгар Уладзiмiравiч ГОЛУБ Игорь Владимирович ГОЛУБ | 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 | In his position as Commander of the Air Force and Air Defence Forces of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus, Ihar Holub 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. | 21.6.2021 |
| BY passport number: KH2187962 Personal identification: 3191167E003PB1 | 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. | ||||
| 162. | Andrei Mikalaevich GURTSEVICH Andrei Nikolaevich GURTSEVICH | Андрэй Мiкалаевiч ГУРЦЕВИЧ Андрей Николаевич ГУРЦЕВИЧ | Chief of the Main Staff, First Deputy Commander of the Air Force DOB: 27.07.1971 POB: Baranovich, Brest Region/ Oblast, former USSR (now Belarus) Gender: Male Nationality: Belarusian Rank: Major General | In his position as Chief of the Main Staff and First Deputy Commander of the Air Force and Air Defence Forces of the Armed Forces, Andrei Gurtsevich is responsible for the decision taken by the Command of the Air Forces and Air Defence Forces, on Lukashenka's instructions, to dispatch military aircraft to escort the forced landing of passenger flight FR4978 in Minsk airport without proper justification on 23 May 2021. | 21.6.2021 |
| BY passport number: MP3849920 Personal identification: 3270771C016PB2 | This politically motivated decision was aimed at arresting and detaining opposition journalist Raman Pratasevich and Sofia Sapega and is a form of repression against civil society and democratic opposition in Belarus. Following the incident, he gave press statements justifying the actions of the Belarusian authorities. He is therefore responsible for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition in Belarus, and is supporting the Lukashenka regime. | ||||
| 163. | Leanid Mikalaevich CHURO Leonid Nikolaevich CHURO | Леанiд Мiкалаевiч ЧУРО Леонид Николаевич ЧУРО | Director General of BELAERONAVIGATSIA State-Owned Enterprise DOB: 08.07.1956 POB: Gender: Male Nationality: Belarusian BY passport number: P4289481 Personal identification: 3080756A068PB5 | In his position as Director General of the BELAERONAVIGATSIA State-Owned Enterprise, Leanid Churo is 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. | 21.6.2021 |
| 164. | Aliaksei Mikalaevich AURAMENKA Alexey Nikolaevich AVRAMENKO | Аляксей Мiкалаевiч 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 |
| 165. | Artsiom Igaravich SIKORSKI Artem Igorevich SIKORSKIY | Арцём Iгаравiч СIКОРСКI Артем Игоревич СИКОРСКИЙ | Director of the Aviation Department of the Ministry of Transport and Communications DOB: 1983 POB: Soligorsk, Minsk Region/ Oblast, former USSR (now Belarus) | In his capacity as the Director of the Aviation Department of the Ministry of Transport and Communications of Belarus, Artsiom Sikorski 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 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. | 21.6.2021 |
| Gender: Male Nationality: Belarusian BY passport number: MP3785448 Personal identification: 3240483A023PB7 | 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. | ||||
| 166. | Aleh Siarheevich HAIDUKEVICH Oleg Sergeevich GAIDUKEVICH | Алег Сяргеевiч ГАЙДУКЕВIЧ Олег Сергеевич ГАЙДУКЕВИЧ | Deputy Chairman of the Standing Committee on International Affairs in the House of Representatives of the National Assembly, member of the delegation of the National Assembly for contacts with the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe DOB: 26.03.1977 POB: Minsk, former USSR (now Belarus) | Aleh Haidukevich is the Deputy Chairman of the Standing Committee on International Affairs in the House of Representatives of the National Assembly, member of the delegation of the National Assembly for contacts with the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe. He made public statements, applauding diverting passenger flight FR4978 to Minsk on 23 May 2021. This politically motivated decision was done without proper justification and was aimed at arresting and detaining opposition journalist Raman Pratasevich and Sofia Sapega and is a form of repression against civil society and democratic opposition in Belarus. | 21.6.2021’ |
| Gender: Male Nationality: Belarusian Personal identification: 3260377A081PB9 Passport number: MP2663333 | Additionally, Aleh Haidukevich made public statements suggesting that Belarusian opposition leaders may be detained abroad and transported to Belarus “in a car trunk”, thus supporting the ongoing crackdown of security forces on Belarusian democratic opposition and journalists. He is therefore supporting the Lukashenka regime. |
- (2) the following legal persons are added to table ‘B. Legal persons, entities and bodies referred to in Article 2(1)’:
| Names Transcription of Belarusian spelling Transcription of Russian spelling | Names (Belarusian spelling) (Russian spelling) | Identifying Information | Reasons for listing | Date of listing | |
| ‘8. | Sohra Group / Sohra LLC | ООО Сохра | Address: Revolucyonnaya 17/19, office no. 22, 220030 Minsk, Belarus Registration number: 192363182 | Sohra company belongs to Aliaksandr Zaitsau, one of the most influential businessman in Belarus, a person with close connection to Belarusian political establishment and a close aide to Lukashenko's eldest son Viktor. Sohra promotes Belarusian industrial products in Africa and Middle East countries. It co-founded the defense company BSVT-New Technologies engaged in weapons production and missile modernization. Sohra, using its privileged position, serves as a proxy between political establishment and Belarusian state-owned companies and foreign partners in Africa and Middle East. It also engaged in gold mining in African countries on the basis of concessions obtained by the Lukashenko regime. | 21.6.2021 |
| Website: http://sohra.by/ E-mail address: info@sohra.by | Sohra Group is therefore benefitting from the Lukashenka regime | ||||
| 9. | BREMINO GROUP, LLC | ООО "Бремино групп” | Registration number: (УНН/ИНН): 691598938 Address: Niamiha 40, Minsk 220004, Belarus; Orsha region, Bolbasovo village, Zavodskaya 1k, Belarus | Bremino Group is the initiator and co-administrator of the Bremino-Orsha special economic zone project, created by a presidential decree signed by Aliaksandr Lukashenka. The company has received state support for developing the Bremino-Orsha zone, as well as a number of financial and tax advantages and other benefits. The owners of Bremino Orsha - Aliaksandr Zaitsau, Mikalai Varabei and Aliaksei Aleksin - belong to the inner circle of Lukashenka-related businessmen and maintain close relations with Lukashenka and his family. | 21.6.2021 |
| Website: http://www.bremino.by E-mail address: office@bremino.by; marketing@bremino.by | Bremino Group is therefore benefitting from the Lukashenka regime. | ||||
| 10. | Globalcustom Management, LLC | ООО "Глобалкастом-менеджмент" | Address: Nemiga 40/301, Minsk, Belarus Registration number: 193299162 Website: https://globalcustom.by/ E-mail address: info@globalcustom.by | Globalcustom Management is associated with the Presidential Affairs Management, headed by Victor Sheiman, who has been designated by the EU since 2004. The company is involved in smuggling of goods to Russia, which would not be possible without the consent of the regime, which controls the border guards and customs. The privileged position in the flower export sector to Russia, from which the company benefits, is also conditioned on the support of the regime. Globalcustom Management was the first owner of the GardService, the only private company to whom Lukashenko granted the use of weapons. Globalcustom Management is therefore benefitting from the Lukashenka regime. | 21.6.2021 |
| 11. | Belarusski Avtomobilnyi Zavod (BelAZ) / OJSC "BELAZ" | Belarusian: ААТ «БЕЛАЗ» Russian: ОАО " БЕЛАЗ" | Address: 40 let Octyabrya street 4, 222161, Zhodino, Minsk region, Republic of Belarus Website: https://belaz.by | OJSC “Belaz” is one of the leading state-owned companies in Belarus and one of the largest manufacturers of large trucks and large dump trucks in the world. It is a source of significant revenue for the Lukashenka regime. Lukashenka stated that the government will always support the company, and described it as “Belarusian brand” and “part of the national legacy”. OJSC BelAZ has offered its premises and equipment to stage a political rally in support of the regime. Therefore OJSC “Belaz” benefits from and supports the Lukashenka regime. | 21.6.2021 |
| The employees of OJSC “Belaz” who took part in strikes and peaceful protests in the aftermath of the fraudulent August 2020 elections in Belarus were threatened with layoffs and intimidated by the company management. A group of employees was locked indoors by OJSC Belaz to prevent them from joining the other protesters. The company management presented a strike to the media as a staff meeting. Therefore OJSC “Belaz” is responsible for the repression of civil society and supports the Lukashenka regime. | |||||
| 12. | Minskii Avtomobilnyi Zavod (MAZ) / OJSC “MAZ” | Belarusian: ААТ «Мiнскi аўтамабiльны завод» Russian: ОАО "Минский автомобильный завод" | Registration date: 16.07.1944 Address: Belarus, 220021, Minsk, Minsk, Socialisticheskaya 2 Tel. +375 17 217 22 22; +8000 217 22 22 | OJSC Minsk Automobile Plant is one of the biggest state-owned automotive manufacturers in Belarus. Lukashenka described it as “one of the most important industrial enterprises of the country”. It is a source of revenue for the Lukashenka regime. OJSC MAZ has offered its premises and equipment to stage a political rally in support of the regime. Therefore, OJSC “MAZ” benefits from and supports the Lukashenka regime. | 21.6.2021 |
| Employees of OJSC “MAZ” who took part in strikes and peaceful protests in the aftermath of fraudulent August 2020 elections in Belarus, were intimidated and later laid off by the company’s managements. A group of employees was locked indoors by OJSC MAZ to prevent them from joining the other protesters. Therefore, MAZ is responsible for the repression of civil society and supports the Lukashenka regime. | |||||
| 13. | Logex | ООО "ЛОГЕКС" | Address: 24 Kommunisticheskaya Str., office 2, Minsk, Belarus Registration number: 192695465 Website: http://logex.by/ E-mail address: info@logex.by | Logex is associated with Aliaksandr Shakutsin, a businessman close to the Lukashenka regime, who has been designated by the European Union. The company is involved in the export of flowers to Russian Federation at dumped prices, which would not be possible without the consent of the regime, which controls the border guards and customs. The privileged position in the flower export sector to Russia, from which the company benefits, is conditioned on the support of the regime. The main Belarusian suppliers of cut flowers are the companies that are closely connected with the leadership of the republic. Logex is therefore benefitting from the Lukashenka regime. | 21.6.2021 |
| 14. | JSC “NNK” (Novaia naftavaia kampania) / New Oil Company | Belarusian: ЗАТ "ННК” (Новая нафтавая кампанiя) Russian: ЗАО "ННК" (Новая нефтяная компания)– | Address: Rakovska str. 14W room 7, 5th floor, Minsk, Belarus Registration number: 193402282 | Novaya Neftnaya Kompaniya (NNK), New Oil company, is an entity founded in March 2020. It is the only private company entitled to export oil products from Belarus - an indication of close links to the authorities and highest level of state privileges. NNK is owned by Interservice, a company belonging to Mikalai Varabei who is one of the leading businessmen benefitting from and supporting the Lukashenka regime. NNK is also reported to be connected to Aliaksei Aleksin, another prominent Belarusian businessman who benefits from the Lukashenka regime. According to media reports Aleksin was the founder of NNK alongside Varabei. NNK was also used by the Belarusian authorities to adapt the Belarusian economy to restrictive measures introduced by the EU. | 21.6.2021’ |
| NNK is therefore benefitting from the Lukashenka regime. |
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