[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 55 (Thursday, March 22, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 13556]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-5265]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of Foreign Assets Control


Additional Designation of Individuals Pursuant to Executive Order 
13405

AGENCY: Office of Foreign Assets Control, Treasury.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control 
(``OFAC'') is publishing the names of six newly-designated individuals 
whose property and interests in property are blocked pursuant to 
Executive Order 13405 of June 16, 2006, ``Blocking Property of Certain 
Persons Undermining Democratic Processes or Institutions in Belarus.''

DATES: The designation by the Director of OFAC of six individuals 
identified in this notice, pursuant to Executive Order 13405, is 
effective on February 27, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Assistant Director, Compliance 
Outreach & Implementation, Office of Foreign Assets Control, Department 
of the Treasury, 1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW. (Treasury Annex), 
Washington, DC 20220, Tel.: 202/622-2490.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Electronic and Facsimile Availability

    Information about this designation and additional information 
concerning OFAC are available from OFAC's Web site (http://www.treas.gov/ofac) or via facsimile through a 24-hour fax-on-demand 
service, Tel.: 202/622-0077.

Background

    On June 16, 2006, the President issued Executive Order 13405 (the 
``Order'') pursuant to, inter alia, the International Emergency 
Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-06). In the Order, the President 
declared a national emergency to address political repression, 
electoral fraud, and public corruption in Belarus. The Order imposes 
economic sanctions on persons responsible for actions or policies that 
undermine democratic processes or institutions in Belarus. The 
President identified ten individuals as subject to the economic 
sanctions in the Annex to the Order.
    Section 1 of the Order blocks, with certain exceptions, all 
property, and interests in property, that are in, or hereafter come 
within, the United States or the possession or control of United States 
persons for persons listed in the Annex and those persons determined by 
the Secretary of the Treasury, after consultation with the Secretary of 
State, to satisfy any of the criteria set forth in subparagraphs 
(a)(ii)(A) through (a)(ii)(E) of Section 1. On February 27, 2007, the 
Director of OFAC exercised the Secretary of the Treasury's authority to 
designate, pursuant to one or more of the criteria set forth in Section 
1, subparagraphs (a)(ii)(A) through (a)(ii)(E) of the Order, the 
following six individuals, whose names have been added to the list of 
Specially Designated Nationals and whose property and interests in 
property are blocked, pursuant to Executive Order 13405:

    1. MIKLASHEVICH, Petr Petrovich (a.k.a. MIKLASHEVICH, Piotr 
Piatrovich); DOB 1954; POB Kosuta, Minsk district, Belarus; 
nationality Belarus; Prosecutor General (individual) [Belarus]
    2. PODOBED, Yuri Nikolaevich; DOB 5 March 1962; POB Slutsk, 
Minsk district, Belarus; nationality Belarus; Lieutenant Colonel of 
the Special Riot Police in Minsk (OMON) (individual) [Belarus]
    3. RADKOV, Aleksandr Mikhailovich (a.k.a. RADZKOU, Alaksandr 
Mikhailavich); DOB 1 July 1951; POB Votnya, Belarus; nationality 
Belarus; Minister of Education (individual) [Belarus]
    4. RUSAKEVICH, Vladimir Vasilyevich (a.k.a. RUSAKEVICH, 
Uladzimir Vasilievich); DOB 13 September 1947; POB Vygonoshchi, 
Belarus; nationality Belarus; Minister of Information (individual) 
[Belarus]
    5. SIVAKOV, Yury; DOB 5 August 1946; POB Onory, Kirov district, 
Belarus; nationality Belarus; former Minister of the Interior; 
former Minister of Sport and Tourism (individual) [Belarus]
    6. SLIZHEVSKY, Oleg Leonidovich (a.k.a. SLIZHEUSKI, Aleh 
Leanidavich); nationality Belarus; Head of the Public Associations 
Department (individual) [Belarus]

    Dated: February 27, 2007.
Adam J. Szubin,
Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control.
[FR Doc. E7-5265 Filed 3-21-07; 8:45 am]
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