Council Implementing Decision (CFSP) 2024/2116 of 26 July 2024 implementing Decision 2012/642/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Belarus and the involvement of Belarus in the Russian aggression against Ukraine
Date: 2024-07-26
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Belarus, EU restrictive measure, Russia, Russo-Ukrainian issue, Ukraine, economic sanctions, international sanctions, natural person, territorial dispute








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            COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING DECISION (CFSP) 2024/2116
         
of 26 July 2024
         
implementing Decision 2012/642/CFSP concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Belarus and the involvement of Belarus in the Russian aggression against Ukraine


THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on European Union, and in particular Article 31(2) thereof,


Having regard to Council Decision 2012/642/CFSP of 15 October 2012 concerning restrictive measures in view of the situation in Belarus and the involvement of Belarus in the Russian aggression against Ukraine (1), and in particular Article 6(1) thereof,


Having regard to the proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,

Whereas:







(1)


On 15 October 2012, the Council adopted Decision 2012/642/CFSP.












(2)


On 25 January 2024, the Union condemned in the strongest possible terms the wave of repression against former political prisoners remaining in Belarus, as well as relatives of political prisoners. The Union declared that it stands in solidarity with the people of Belarus and will continue to support them on their way to an independent and democratic country.












(3)


On 26 February 2024, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (the ‘High Representative’) issued a statement after parliamentary and local elections were held in Belarus. The High Representative condemned the unprecedented level of repression, human rights violations, restrictions on political participation and on access to independent media, and underlined that the parliamentary and local officials elected in Belarus lack democratic legitimacy since the conditions for free and fair elections had not been met.












(4)


In view of the gravity of the situation, 28 individuals should be included in the list of natural and legal persons, entities and bodies subject to restrictive measures set out in Annex I to Decision 2012/642/CFSP.












(5)


Decision 2012/642/CFSP should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
Annex I to Decision 2012/642/CFSP is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.


Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.




Done at Brussels, 26 July 2024.


For the Council


The President


               BÓKA J.





(1)  
            OJ L 285, 17.10.2012, p. 1.




ANNEX
In Annex I to Decision 2012/642/CFSP, the following natural persons are added to the list set out in the section ‘A. Natural persons referred to in Articles 3(1) and 4(1)’:











 


Names (Transliteration of Belarusian spelling) (Transliteration of Russian spelling)


Names (Belarusian spelling) (Russian spelling)


Identifying information


Reasons for listing


Date of listing




‘234.


Andrii Valeriovich ANANENKO
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.


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235.


Mikhail Piatrovich BYADUNKEVICH
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.


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236.


Zmitser Aliaksandrovich KOVACH
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.


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237.


Mikhail KAVALIOU
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.


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238.


Viktar Aliaksandravich DUBROUKA
Viktor Alexandrovich DUBROVKA


Віктар Аляксандравіч ДУБРОЎКА
Виктор Александрович ДУБРОВКА


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 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 is therefore responsible for serious violations of human rights in Belarus.


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239.


Pavel Ivanavich KAZAKOU
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.


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240.


Dzianis Anatolievich TAUSTSIANKOU
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.


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241.


Vasil Vasilevich KOLEDA
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.


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242.


Andrei Mikhailovich TSEDRYK
Andrey Mikhailovich TSEDRIK


Андрэй Міхайлавіч ЦЭДРЫК
Андрей Михайлович ЦЕДРИК


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 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.


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243.


Iryna Barisauna AKULOVICH
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.


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244.


Mikita Sviatoslavovich RACHYLOUSKI
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.


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245.


Dzmitry Aliaksandrovich ZHUK
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.


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246.


Viachaslau Ivanavich TULEYKA
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.


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247.


Alena Mikalayeuna ANANICH
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.


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248.


Anatoliy Ryhoravich SOTNIKAU
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




249.


Andrey Viktaravich MLECHKA
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.


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250.


Ihar Aliaksandravich SHVEDAU
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.


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251.


Iryna Vladimirovna PADKAVYRAVA
Irina Vladimirovna PODKOVYROVA


Iрына Уладзіміраўна ПАДКАВЫРАВА
Ирина Владимировна ПОДКОВЫРОВА


Prosecutor
DOB: 22.9.1972
Nationality: Belarusian
Gender: female


Iryna Padkavyrava is a 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 4-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 critical of 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.


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252.


Tatsiana Viktarauna SHOTSIK
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




253.


Vasil Uladzimiravich SKOK
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.


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254.


Stanislau Uladzimiravich IVANIUTSENKA
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.


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255.


Aliaksey Anatolevich KHLYSZCZANKAU
Alexey Anatolievich KHLYSHCHENKOV


Аляксей Анатольевіч ХЛЫШЧАНКАЎ
Алексей Анатольевич ХЛЫЩЕНКОВ


Judge of the Gomel Regional Court
DOB: 27.8.1982
Nationality: Belarusian
Gender: male
Personal ID: 3270882H007PB4


Aliaksey Klyshchankau is a judge who has served in the Gomel 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 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.
Aliaksey Klyshchankau is therefore responsible for seriously undermining the rule of law and for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition in Belarus.


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256.


Ihar Fiodaravich ZIAMTSAU
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




257.


Aliaksei Iurievich KRIAKVIN
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.


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258.


Viktar Arkadzievich SHAUTSOU
Viktor Arkadievich SHEVTSOV


Вiктар Аркадзьевiч ШАЎЦОЎ
Виктор Аркадьевич ШВЕЦОВ


Businessman, investor
DOB: 5.12.1963
POB: Razumava village, Vitebsk region, Belarus
Nationality: Belarusian
Gender: male
Passport number: MP4572331, issued on 12 February 2021
Personal ID: 3051263A036PB7


Viktar Shautsou is a businessman operating in Belarus, with business interests in holography. He is the sole shareholder of Tekhnokhimtrade. JSC Holography Industry is co-owned by, among others, Tekhnokhimtrade and two State-owned entities.
Viktar Shautsou is a beneficiary of a monopoly artificially created by the State, as, since March 2011, JSC Holography Industry has been the only Belarusian company licensed by the Ministry of Finance of Belarus to produce security holograms and crystallograms for security forms and documents. The Council of Ministers of Belarus issued a requirement to put hologram stickers on a wide range of goods, cash registers and slot machines. Those hologram stickers are produced solely by JSC Holography Industry.
Therefore, Viktar Shautsou is benefitting from the Lukashenka regime.


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259.


Volha Anatoleuna DUBOVIK
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.


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260.


Anton Genadzevich DUDAL
Anton Gennadievich DUDAL


Антон Генадзевіч ДУДАЛЬ
Антон Геннадьевич ДУДАЛЬ


Judge of the court of the Bobruisk region and the city of Bobruisk
Nationality: Belarusian
DOB: 11.8.1986
Gender: male
Personal ID: 3110886M079PB3


Anton Dudal is a judge who serves 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.


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Mikalai Vasilievich SIARHEEVICH
Nikolai Vasilievich SERGEEVICH


Мікалай Васільевіч СЯРГЕЕВIЧ
Николай Васильевич СЕРГЕЕВИЧ


Judge of the Zhlobinsky District Court of the Gomel Region
Nationality: Belarusian
DOB: 22.8.1983
Gender: male
Personal ID: 3220883H026PB7


Mikalai Siarheevich is a Belarusian judge who serves 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.


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