Council Decision (CFSP) 2026/427 of 26 February 2026 amending 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: 2026-02-26
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: Belarus, EU restrictive measure, Russia, Russo-Ukrainian issue, Ukraine, economic sanctions, international sanctions, legal person, natural person, territorial dispute








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            COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2026/427
         
of 26 February 2026
         
amending 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 29 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 (1).












(2)


On the basis of a review of Decision 2012/642/CFSP, and considering the persistent gravity of the situation in Belarus and the involvement of Belarus in Russia’s illegal war of aggression against Ukraine, it is appropriate to maintain in force all the measures adopted by the Union. Consequently, Decision 2012/642/CFSP should be renewed until 28 February 2027.












(3)


The reasons for listing and identifying information for 54 natural and seven legal persons 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 should be amended.












(4)


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





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
Decision 2012/642/CFSP is amended as follows:






(1)


in Article 8, paragraph 1, the date ‘28 February 2026’ is replaced by the date ‘28 February 2027’;










(2)


Annex I is amended as set out in the Annex to this Decision.






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




Done at Brussels, 26 February 2026.


For the Council


The President

M. DAMIANOS
            





(1)  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 (OJ L 285, 17.10.2012, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2012/642/oj).




ANNEX
Annex I to Decision 2012/642/CFSP is amended as follows:






(1)


in Table ‘A. Natural persons referred to in Articles 3(1) and 4(1)’, entries 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 13, 14, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 32, 34, 41, 44, 47, 52, 57, 65, 68, 72, 73, 85, 87, 88, 103, 116, 117, 119, 122, 125, 134, 150, 151, 152, 195, 197, 199, 202, 206, 208, 238, 242, 255 and 258 are replaced by the following corresponding entries:










 


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


Names
(Belarusian spelling)
(Russian spelling)


Identifying information


Reasons for listing


Date of listing




‘1.


Uladzimir Uladzimiravich NAVUMAU
Vladimir Vladimirovich NAUMOV


Уладзімір Уладзіміравіч НАВУМАЎ
Владимир Владимирович НАУМОВ


Position(s): former Minister of Internal Affairs; former Head of the President’s Security Service
DOB: 7.2.1956
POB: Smolensk, former USSR (now Russian Federation)
Gender: male


Failed to take action to investigate the case of the unresolved disappearances of Yuri Zakharenko, Viktor Gonchar, Anatoly Krasovski and Dmitri Zavadski in Belarus in 1999-2000. Former Minister of Internal Affairs and also former Head of the President’s Security Service. As a Minister of Internal Affairs he was responsible for the repression of peaceful demonstrations until his retirement on 6 April 2009 for health reasons.
Received a residence in the Drozdy nomenklatura district in Minsk from the Presidential Administration. In October 2014, was awarded the Order “For Merit” III degree by President Lukashenka. Since November 2023, Vladimir Naumov has been the owner of a 75 % stake in the company Zorka Food. Zorka Food is registered in Moscow and operates in the Russia-occupied Donetsk region and in the city of Mariupol in Ukraine, exporting grain and feed through the port of Mariupol, supporting Belarus’ involvement in the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine. He is therefore supporting the Lukashenka regime.


24.9.2004




2.


Dzmitry Valerievich PAULICHENKA
Dmitri Valerievich PAVLICHENKO (Dmitriy Valeriyevich PAVLICHENKO)


Дзмiтрый Валер’евiч ПАЎЛIЧЭНКА
Дмитрий Валериевич ПАВЛИЧЕНКО


Position(s): Former Commander of the Special Rapid Response Unit (SOBR); Commander of an OMON unit
DOB: 1966
POB: Vitebsk/Viciebsk, former USSR (now Belarus)
Address: Belarusian Association of Veterans of Special Forces of the Ministry of Internal Affairs “Honour”, 111 Mayakovskogo St., 220028 Minsk, Belarus
Gender: male


Key person in the unresolved disappearances of Yuri Zakharenko, Viktor Gonchar, Anatoly Krasovski and Dmitri Zavadski in Belarus in 1999-2000. Former Commander of the Special Rapid Response Unit (SOBR) at the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MoIA).
Businessman, Head of “Honour”, the MoIA’s Association of Veterans of Special Forces of the MoIA.
He was identified as commanding an OMON unit during the brutal crackdown on protesters that took place in Belarus in the wake of the 2020 presidential election. Dzmitry Paulichenka promoted Lukashenka ahead of the February 2025 presidential election in Belarus. He is therefore supporting the Lukashenka regime.


24.9.2004




3.


Viktar Uladzimiravich SHEIMAN (Viktar Uladzimiravich SHEYMAN)
Viktor Vladimirovich SHEIMAN (Viktor Vladimirovich SHEYMAN)


Вiктар Уладзiмiравiч ШЭЙМАН
Виктор Владимирович ШЕЙМАН


Position(s): Former Head of the Belarus President Property Management Directorate; Co-head of “Vector Capital Group”; Presidential envoy
DOB: 26.5.1958
POB: Soltanishki, Grodno/Hrodna Region/Oblast, former USSR (now Belarus)
Address: Belarus President Property Management Directorate, 38 Karl Marx St., 220016 Minsk, Belarus
Gender: male
Rank: Colonel-General


Former Head of the Belarus President Property Management Directorate. Responsible for the unresolved disappearances of Yuri Zakharenko, Viktor Gonchar, Anatoly Krasovski and Dmitri Zavadski in Belarus in 1999-2000. Former Secretary of the Security Council. Sheiman remains active in the Lukashenka regime by serving as a Special Assistant/Aide to the President and as Lukashenka’s special envoy for engagement with Africa.
Moreover, Viktar Sheiman co-heads the enterprise “Vector Capital Group”, which oversees a company involved in drone manufacturing.
He is therefore supporting the Lukashenka regime and the military and industrial complex of Belarus by being involved in the production of military technology and equipment.


24.9.2004




4.


Iury Leanidavich SIVAKAU (Yuri Leanidavich SIVAKAU, SIVAKOU)
Iury (Yuri) Leonidovich SIVAKOV


Юрый Леанідавіч СIВАКАЎ, СIВАКОЎ
Юрий Леонидович СИВАКОВ


Position(s): former Minister of Internal Affairs; former Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration; Associate Professor at the Internal Affairs Academy and faculty of the Belarusian State University (Department of Law)
DOB: 5.8.1946
POB: Onor, Sakhalin Region/Oblast, former USSR (now Russian Federation)
Address: Belarusian Association of Veterans of Special Forces of the Ministry of Internal Affairs “Honour”, 111 Mayakovskogo St., Minsk 220028, Belarus
Gender: male


Orchestrated the unresolved disappearances of Yuri Zakharenko, Viktor Gonchar, Anatoly Krasovski and Dmitri Zavadski in Belarus in 1999-2000. Former Minister of Tourism and Sports, former Minister of Internal Affairs and former Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration.


24.9.2004




5.


Yuri Khadzimuratavich KARAEU
Yuri Khadzimuratovich KARAEV


Юрый Хаджымуратавіч КАРАЕЎ
Юрий Хаджимуратович КАРАЕВ


Position(s): Former Minister of Internal Affairs; Lieutenant General of Militia (police force); Aide to the President of the Republic of Belarus - Inspector for the Grodno/Hrodna Region/Oblast; Chairman of the Grodno Regional Executive Committee
DOB: 21.6.1966
POB: Ordzhonikidze, former USSR (now Vladikavkaz, Russian Federation)
Gender: male


In his former leadership position as Minister of Internal Affairs (MoIA), he is responsible for the repression and intimidation campaign led by MoIA forces in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, in particular arbitrary arrests and ill treatment, including torture, of peaceful demonstrators as well as intimidation and violence against journalists. Remains active in the Lukashenka regime as an aide to the President of Belarus – Inspector for the Grodno/Hrodna Region/Oblast, and as the Chairman of the Grodno Regional Executive Committee.
He is therefore supporting the Lukashenka regime and is responsible for serious violations of human rights and the repression of civil society and democratic opposition in Belarus.


2.10.2020




6.


Genadz Arkadzievich KAZAKEVICH
Gennadi Arkadievich KAZAKEVICH


Генадзь Аркадзьевіч КАЗАКЕВIЧ
Геннадий Аркадьевич КАЗАКЕВИЧ


Position(s): Former First Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs; Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs – Chief of the Criminal Militia, Colonel of Militia (police force)
DOB: 14.2.1975
POB: Minsk, former USSR (now Belarus)
Gender: male
Rank: Major General of the Militia


In his former leadership position as First Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs (MoIA), he is responsible for the repression and intimidation campaign led by MoIA forces in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, in particular arbitrary arrests and ill-treatment, including torture, of peaceful demonstrators as well as intimidation and violence against journalists.
He remains active in the Lukashenka regime as the Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs. He retains his post of Chief of the Criminal Militia.


2.10.2020




7.


Aliaksandr Piatrovich BARSUKOU
Alexander (Alexandr) Petrovich BARSUKOV


Аляксандр Пятровіч БАРСУКОЎ
Александр Петрович БАРСУКОВ


Position(s): Former Deputy Minister Internal Affairs; Lieutenant-General of Militia (police force); Aide to the President of the Republic of Belarus - Inspector for the Minsk Region/Oblast; Member of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus
DOB: 29.4.1965
POB: Vetkovski (Vetka) District, former USSR (now Belarus)
Gender: male


In his former leadership position as Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs (MoIA), he is responsible for the repression and intimidation campaign led by MoIA forces in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, in particular arbitrary arrests and ill-treatment, including torture, of peaceful demonstrators as well as intimidation and violence against journalists.
He remains active in the Lukashenka regime as Aide to the President of Belarus – Inspector for the Minsk Region/Oblast, and as a member of the House of Representatives of the National Assembly of Belarus.
He is therefore supporting the Lukashenka regime and is responsible for serious violations of human rights and the repression of civil society and democratic opposition in Belarus.


2.10.2020




8.


Siarhei Mikalaevich KHAMENKA
Sergei Nikolaevich KHOMENKO


Сяргей Мiкалаевiч ХАМЕНКА
Сергей Николаевич ХОМЕНКО


Position(s): Former Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs; Major-General of Militia (police force); Former Minister of Justice; Deputy Chairperson of the Council of the Republic of Belarus
DOB: 21.9.1966
POB: Yasinovataya, former USSR (now Ukraine)
Gender: male


In his former leadership position as Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MoIA), he was responsible for the repression and intimidation campaign led by MoIA forces in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, in particular arbitrary arrests and ill-treatment, including torture, of peaceful demonstrators as well as intimidation and violence against journalists.
He remains active in the Lukashenka regime as Deputy Chairperson of the Council of the Republic of Belarus.
He is therefore supporting the Lukashenka regime and is responsible for serious violations of human rights and the repression of civil society and democratic opposition in Belarus.


2.10.2020




11.


Aliaksandr Valerievich BYKAU
Alexander (Alexandr) Valerievich BYKOV


Аляксандр Валер’евiч БЫКАЎ
Александр Валерьевич БЫКОВ


Position(s): First Deputy Commander of the Interior Troops, former Commander of the Special Rapid Response Unit (SOBR), Lieutenant Colonel
Gender: male
Rank: Major General


In his former position as Commander of the Special Rapid Response Unit (SOBR) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he was responsible for the repression and intimidation campaign led by SOBR forces in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, in particular arbitrary arrests and ill-treatment, including torture, of peaceful demonstrators.
He remains active in the Lukashenka regime as First Deputy Commander of the Interior Troops.


2.10.2020




13.


Dzmitry Uladzimiravich BALABA
Dmitry Vladimirovich BALABA


Дзмітрый Уладзіміравіч БАЛАБА
Дмитрий Владимирович БАЛАБА


Position(s): Former Head of OMON (“Special Purpose Police Detachment”) for the Minsk City Executive Committee; Chairman of the Central Council of the Belarusian Physical Culture and Sports Society Dynamo
DOB: 1.6.1972
POB: village of Gorodilovo, Minsk Region/Oblast, former USSR (now Belarus)
Gender: male


In his command position over OMON forces in Minsk, he is responsible for the repression and intimidation campaign led by OMON forces in Minsk in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, in particular arbitrary arrests and ill-treatment, including torture, of peaceful demonstrators as well as intimidation and violence against journalists.


2.10.2020




14.


Ivan Uladzimiravich KUBRAKOU
Ivan Vladimirovich KUBRAKOV


Iван Уладзіміравіч КУБРАКОЎ
Иван Владимирович КУБРАКОВ


Position(s): Former Head of the Main Internal Affairs Directorate of the Minsk City Executive Committee; Minister of Internal Affairs, Major General of Militia (police force)
DOB: 5.5.1975
POB: village of Malinovka, Mogilev/Mahiliou Region/Oblast, former USSR (now Belarus)
Gender: male
Rank: Lieutenant General


In his former position as Head of the Main Internal Affairs Directorate of the Minsk City Executive Committee, he is responsible for the repression and intimidation campaign led by police forces in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, in particular arbitrary arrests and ill-treatment of peaceful demonstrators as well as intimidation and violence against journalists.
He remains active in the Lukashenka regime as the Minister of Internal Affairs.


2.10.2020




18.


Aliaksandr Paulavich VASILIEU
Alexander Pavlovich VASILIEV


Аляксандр Паўлавiч ВАСIЛЬЕЎ
Александр Павлович ВАСИЛЬЕВ


Position(s): Former Head of the Department of Internal Affairs of Gomel/Homyel Region/Oblast Executive Committee; Former Head of the Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs; Representative of the Council of Ministers of Internal Affairs to the CIS Executive Committee
DOB: 24.3.1975
POB: Mahiliou/Mogilev, former USSR (now Belarus)
Gender: male


In his former position as Head of the Department of Internal Affairs of Gomel/Homyel Region/Oblast Executive Committee, he was responsible for the repression and intimidation campaign in that region/oblast against peaceful protesters in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, in particular arbitrary arrests, excessive use of force and ill-treatment, including torture.
He remains active in the Lukashenka regime as the Representative of the Council of Ministers of Internal Affairs to the CIS Executive Committee. He is therefore supporting the Lukashenka regime and is responsible for serious violations of human rights and the repression of civil society and democratic opposition in Belarus.


2.10.2020




19.


Aleh Mikalaevich SHULIAKOUSKI
Oleg Nikolaevich SHULIAKOVSKI


Алег Мiкалаевiч ШУЛЯКОЎСКI
Олег Николаевич ШУЛЯКОВСКИЙ


Position(s): Former First Deputy Head of the Department of Internal Affairs of Gomel/Homyel Region/Oblast Executive Committee, Head of Criminal Police; Head of the Department of Internal Affairs of the Brest Region/Oblast Executive Committee
DOB: 26.7.1977
Gender: male
Rank: Major General


In his former position as First Deputy Head of the Department of Internal Affairs of Gomel/Homyel Region/Oblast Executive Committee and Head of Criminal Police, he was responsible for the repression and intimidation campaign in that region/oblast against peaceful protesters in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, in particular arbitrary arrests, excessive use of force and ill-treatment, including torture.
He remains active in the Lukashenka regime as Head of the Department of Internal Affairs of the Brest Region/Oblast Executive Committee.


2.10.2020




21.


Aliaksandr Viachaslavavich ASTREIKA
Alexander Viacheslavovich ASTREIKO


Аляксандр Вячаслававiч АСТРЭЙКА
Александр Вячеславович АСТРЕЙКО


Position(s): Former Head of the Department of Internal Affairs of Brest Region/Oblast Executive Committee, Major-General of Militia (police force); Former Head of the Department of Internal Affairs of the Minsk Region/Oblast Executive Committee; Head of the Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs
DOB: 22.12.1971
POB: Kapyl, former USSR (now Belarus)
Gender: male
Rank: Major General of Militia


In his former position as Head of the Department of Internal Affairs of Brest Region/Oblast Executive Committee and Major-General of Militia, he was responsible for the repression and intimidation campaign in that region/oblast against peaceful protesters in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, in particular arbitrary arrests, excessive use of force and ill-treatment, including torture.
He remains active in the Lukashenka regime as Head of the Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
He is therefore supporting the Lukashenka regime and is responsible for serious violations of human rights and the repression of civil society and democratic opposition in Belarus.


2.10.2020




22.


Leanid Viachaslavavich ZHURAUSKI
Leonid Vyacheslavovich ZHURAVSKI


Леанiд Вячаслававіч ЖУРАЎСКI
Леонид Вячеславович ЖУРАВСКИЙ


Position(s): Former Head of OMON (“Special Purpose Police Detachment”) in Vitebsk/Viciebsk; First Deputy Commander of OMON at the Minsk City Executive Committee’s Internal Affairs Department
DOB: 20.9.1975
Gender: male
Rank: Colonel of Militia


In his former command position over OMON forces in Vitebsk/Viciebsk, he was responsible for the repression and intimidation campaign led by OMON forces in Vitebsk/Viciebsk in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, in particular arbitrary arrests and ill-treatment of peaceful demonstrators.


2.10.2020




23.


Mikhail Aliaksandravich DAMARNACKI
Mikhail Aleksandrovich DOMARNATSKY


Міхаіл Аляксандравіч ДАМАРНАЦКI
Михаил Александрович ДОМАРНАЦКИЙ


Position(s): Former Head of OMON (“Special Purpose Police Detachment”) in Gomel/Homyel; Deputy Head of OMON at Minsk City Executive Committee’s Internal Affairs Department
Gender: male
Rank: Colonel of Militia


In his command position over OMON forces in Gomel/Homyel, he is responsible for the repression and intimidation campaign led by OMON forces in Gomel/Homyel in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, in particular arbitrary arrests and ill-treatment of peaceful demonstrators.


2.10.2020




24.


Maxim Yakaulevich MIKHOVICH
Maxim Yakovlevich MIKHOVICH


Максім Якаўлевіч МIХОВIЧ
Максим Яковлевич МИХОВИЧ


Position(s): Head of the Penal Correction Department in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Major-General of Militia (police force)
Gender: male
DOB: 25.11.1974


In his command position over OMON forces in Brest, he is responsible for the repression and intimidation campaign led by OMON forces in Brest in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, in particular arbitrary arrests and ill-treatment of peaceful demonstrators.


2.10.2020




26.


Ivan Yurievich SAKALOUSKI
Ivan Yurievich SOKOLOVSKI


Iван Юр’евіч САКАЛОЎСКI
Иван Юрьевич СОКОЛОВСКИЙ


Position(s): Former Director of the Akrestina detention centre, Minsk; Head of the Supervisory and Enforcement Department of the Minsk City Executive Committee’s Main Directorate of Internal Affairs
DOB: 17.11.1979
Gender: male
Rank: Colonel of Militia


In his capacity as Director of the Akrestina detention centre in Minsk, Ivan Sakalouski is responsible for the inhumane and degrading treatment, including torture, inflicted on citizens detained in that detention centre in the wake of the 2020 presidential election.


2.10.2020




27.


Valeri Paulavich VAKULCHYK
Valery Pavlovich VAKULCHIK


Валерый Паўлавіч ВАКУЛЬЧЫК
Валерий Павлович ВАКУЛЬЧИК


Position(s): Former Chairman of the State Security Committee (KGB); Former State Secretary of the Security Council; Former Aide to the President of the Republic of Belarus – Inspector for the Brest Region/Oblast; Head of the Council of Ministers Office
DOB: 19.6.1964
POB: Radostovo, former USSR (now Belarus)
Gender: male


In his former leadership position as Chairman of the State Security Committee (KGB), he was responsible for the participation of the KGB in the repression and intimidation campaign in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, in particular arbitrary arrests and ill-treatment, including torture, of peaceful demonstrators and opposition members.
He remains active in the Lukashenka regime as Head of the Council of Ministers Office.
He is therefore supporting the Lukashenka regime and is responsible for serious violations of human rights and the repression of civil society and democratic opposition in Belarus.


2.10.2020




28.


Siarhei Yaugenavich TSERABAU
Sergey Evgenievich TEREBOV


Сяргей Яўгенавіч ЦЕРАБАЎ
Сергей Евгеньевич ТЕРЕБОВ


Position(s): First Deputy Chairman of the State Security Committee (KGB)
DOB: 1972
POB: Borisov/Barisaw, former USSR (now Belarus)
Gender: male
Rank: Major General


In his leadership position as First Deputy Chairman of the State Security Committee (KGB), he is responsible for the participation of the KGB in the repression and intimidation campaign in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, in particular arbitrary arrests and ill-treatment, including torture, of peaceful demonstrators and opposition members.


2.10.2020




32.


Aliaksandr Uladzimiravich KANYUK
Alexander (Alexandr) Vladimirovich KONYUK


Аляксандр Уладзіміравіч КАНЮК
Александр Владимирович КОНЮК


Position(s): Former Prosecutor General of the Republic of Belarus; Former Ambassador of the Republic of Belarus to Armenia
DOB: 11.7.1960
POB: Grodno/Hrodna, former USSR (now Belarus)
Gender: male


In his former position as Prosecutor General, he was responsible for the widespread use of criminal proceedings to disqualify opposition candidates ahead of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent persons from joining the Coordination Council launched by the opposition to challenge the outcome of that election.
He is therefore supporting the Lukashenka regime and is responsible for the repression of democratic opposition in Belarus.


2.10.2020




34.


Vadzim Dzmitryevich IPATAU
Vadim Dmitrievich IPATOV


Вадзім Дзмітрыевіч IПАТАЎ
Вадим Дмитриевич ИПАТОВ


Position(s): Former Deputy Chairman of the Central Electoral Commission (CEC); Deputy Chairman of the House of Representatives
DOB: 30.10.1964
POB: Kolomyia, Ivano-Frankivsk Region/Oblast, former USSR (now Ukraine)
Gender: male


As Deputy Chairman of the CEC, he is responsible for its misconduct of the 2020 presidential electoral process, its non-compliance with basic international standards of fairness and transparency and its falsification of election results.
The CEC and its leadership have, in particular, organised the dismissal of certain opposition candidates on spurious grounds and placed disproportionate restrictions on observers in polling stations. The CEC has also ensured that the election commissions under its supervision are composed in a biased manner.


2.10.2020




41.


Igar Anatolievich PLYSHEUSKI
Ihor Anatolievich PLYSHEVSKIY


Iгар Анатольевiч ПЛЫШЭЎСКI
Игорь Анатольевич ПЛЫШЕВСКИЙ


Position(s): Managing Director of OOO Bergia Group, former Member of the Central Electoral Commission (CEC); Deputy Chairman for Legal Affairs of the Liberal Democratic Party of Belarus
DOB: 19.2.1979
POB: Lyuban, former USSR (now Belarus)
Gender: male


In his former position as a member of the CEC college, he was responsible for its misconduct in the 2020 presidential electoral process, its non-compliance with basic international standards of fairness and transparency and its falsification of election results.
The CEC and its college have, in particular, organised the dismissal of certain opposition candidates on spurious grounds and placed disproportionate restrictions on observers in polling stations. The CEC has also ensured that the election commissions under its supervision are composed in a biased manner.
He remains active in the Lukashenka regime as the Managing Director of OOO Bergia Group.
He served on the Central Election Commission in an advisory capacity during the 2025 presidential campaign. The 2025 presidential election in Belarus was neither free nor fair, according to multiple reports from international observers and international organisations.
Igar Plysheuski is therefore supporting the Lukashenka regime and is responsible for the repression of democratic opposition in Belarus.


2.10.2020




44.


Irina Aliaksandrauna TSELIKAVETS
Irina Alexandrovna TSELIKOVEC


Iрына Аляксандраўна ЦЭЛIКАВЕЦ
Ирина Александровна ЦЕЛИКОВЕЦ


Position(s): Former Member of the Central Electoral Commission (CEC); Executive Secretary of the Council of Ministers of Justice of the CIS
DOB: 2.11.1976
POB: Zhlobin, former USSR (now Belarus)
Gender: female


In her former position as a member of the CEC college, she was responsible for its misconduct in the 2020 presidential electoral process, its non-compliance with basic international standards of fairness and transparency and its falsification of election results.
The CEC and its college have, in particular, organised the dismissal of certain opposition candidates on spurious grounds and placed disproportionate restrictions on observers in polling stations. The CEC has also ensured that the election commissions under its supervision are composed in a biased manner. In her position as the Executive Secretary of the Council of Ministers of Justice of the CIS, she was part of the CIS international election observation mission at the 2025 presidential election.
The 2025 presidential election in Belarus was neither free nor fair, according to multiple reports from international observers and international organisations.
Irina Tselikavets is therefore supporting the Lukashenka regime and is responsible for the repression of democratic opposition in Belarus.


2.10.2020




47.


Ihar Piatrovich SERGYAENKA
Igor Petrovich SERGEENKO


Iгар Пятровіч СЕРГЯЕНКА
Игорь Петрович СЕРГЕЕНКО


Position(s): Former Chief of Staff of the Presidential Administration; Chairman of the House of Representatives (lower house) of the National Assembly of Belarus
DOB: 14.1.1963
POB: Stolitsa village in Vitebsk/Viciebsk Region/Oblast, former USSR (now Belarus)
Gender: male


In his position as the Chief of Staff of the Presidential Administration, he is closely associated with the President and responsible for ensuring the implementation of presidential powers in the field of domestic and foreign policy. He is therefore supporting the Lukashenka regime, including in the repression and intimidation campaign led by the State apparatus in the wake of the 2020 presidential election.


6.11.2020




52.


Siarhei Yakaulevich AZEMSHA
Sergei Yakovlevich AZEMSHA


Сяргей Якаўлевіч АЗЕМША
Сергей Яковлевич АЗЕМША


Position(s): Deputy Chairman of the Investigative Committee
DOB: 17.7.1974
POB: Rechitsa, Gomel/Homyel Region/Oblast, former USSR (now Belarus)
Gender: male
Rank: Major General of Justice


In his leadership position as the Deputy Chairman of the Investigative Committee, he is responsible for the repression and intimidation campaign led by the Committee in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, in particular investigations launched against the Coordination Council and peaceful demonstrators.


6.11.2020




57.


Siarhei Yaugenavich ZUBKOU
Sergei Yevgenevich ZUBKOV


Сяргей Яўгенавіч ЗУБКОЎ
Сергей Евгеньевич ЗУБКОВ


Position(s): ALFA Unit Commander (Anti-terrorism unit of State Security Committee (KGB)); Deputy Head of the CIS Anti-Terrorism Center (CIS ATC)
DOB: 21.8.1975
Gender: male


In his commanding position over ALFA Unit forces, he is responsible for the repression and intimidation campaign carried out by those forces in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, in particular arbitrary arrests and ill-treatment, including torture, of peaceful demonstrators as well as intimidation and violence against journalists.


6.11.2020




65.


Ihar Uladzimiravich LUTSKY
Igor Vladimirovich LUTSKY


Iгар Уладзiмiравiч ЛУЦКI
Игорь Владимирович ЛУЦКИЙ


Position(s): Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration; Former Minister of Information; Member of the Council of the Republic of Belarus
DOB: 31.10.1972
POB: Stolin, Brest Region/Oblast, former USSR (now Belarus)
Gender: male


In his former leadership position as Minister of Information, he was responsible for the repression of civil society, and in particular the Ministry of Information decision to cut off access to independent websites and limit internet access in Belarus in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, as a tool of repression of civil society, peaceful demonstrators and journalists.
He remains active in the Lukashenka regime as a Member of the Council of the Republic of Belarus, and as Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration.
He is therefore supporting the Lukashenka regime and is responsible for the repression of civil society in Belarus.


17.12.2020




68.


Ihar Paulavich BURMISTRAU
Igor Pavlovich BURMISTROV


Iгар Паўлавiч БУРМIСТРАЎ
Игорь Павлович БУРМИСТРОВ


Position(s): Former Chief of Staff and First Deputy Commander of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs; Chairman of the City Executive Committee of Novopolotsk
DOB: 30.9.1968
Gender: male


In his former leadership position as First Deputy Commander of the Internal Troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he was responsible for the repression and intimidation campaign led by the Internal Troops under his command in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, in particular arbitrary arrests and ill-treatment, including torture, of peaceful demonstrators as well as intimidation and violence against journalists.
He was passed to the military reserve. He has the right to wear military uniform and insignia.


17.12.2020




72.


Aliaksandr Henrykavich TURCHIN
Alexander (Alexandr) Henrihovich TURCHIN


Аляксандр Генрыхавіч ТУРЧЫН
Александр Генрихович ТУРЧИН


Position(s): Former Chairman of Minsk Regional Executive Committee; Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus
DOB: 2.7.1975
POB: Novogrudok, Grodno/Hrodna Region/Oblast, former USSR (now Belarus)
Gender: male


In his position as the Chairman of Minsk Regional Executive Committee, he was responsible for overseeing local administration, including a number of committees. He continues supporting the Lukashenka regime in his position as Prime Minister of the Republic of Belarus.


17.12.2020




73.


Dzmitry Mikalaevich SHUMILIN
Dmitry Nikolayevich SHUMILIN


Дзмiтрый Мiкалаевiч ШУМIЛIН
Дмитрий Николаевич ШУМИЛИН


Position(s): Deputy Head of the Directorate for the Protection of Law and Order and Prevention, former Deputy Head of the department for mass events of the GUVD (Main Department of Internal Affairs) of the Minsk City Executive Committee
DOB: 26.7.1977
Gender: male
Rank: Major General of Militia


In his former position as Deputy Head of the department for mass events of the GUVD of the Minsk City Executive Committee, he was responsible for the repression and intimidation campaign led by the local apparatus in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, in particular arbitrary arrests and ill-treatment, including torture, of peaceful demonstrators as well as intimidation and violence against journalists.
He was documented as personally taking part in the unlawful detention of peaceful protesters.
He remains active in the Lukashenka regime as Deputy Head of the Directorate for the Protection of Law and Order and Prevention of the GUVD (Main Department of Internal Affairs) of the Minsk City Executive Committee.


17.12.2020




85.


Yulia Chaslavauna HUSTYR
Yulia Cheslavovna HUSTYR


Юлiя Чаславаўна ГУСТЫР
Юлия Чеславовна ГУСТЫР


Position(s): Judge of the Central district court in Minsk; Legal advisor in the Oktyabrsky District
DOB: 27.2.1974
Gender: female


In her former position as judge of the Central district court in Minsk, she was responsible for numerous politically motivated rulings against journalists, opposition leaders, activists and protesters, in particular the sentencing of opposition presidential candidate Viktar Babarika. Violations of rights of defence were reported during trials conducted under her supervision.
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.
She remains active in the Lukashenka regime as a lawyer at the legal aid office of the Oktyabrsky District in Minsk.


17.12.2020




87.


Aliaksandr Vasilevich SHAKUTSIN
Aleksandr Vasilevich SHAKUTIN


Аляксандр Васiльевiч ШАКУЦIН
Александр Васильевич ШАКУТИН


Position(s): Businessman, shareholder of Amkodor Bel, Amkodor Spamash, Spamash, EM System, Navanep, Amkodor-Onego, Amkodor-Alga and Amkodor-Agidel
DOB: 12.1.1959
POB: Bolshoe Babino, Orsha Rayon, Vitebsk/Viciebsk Region/Oblast, former USSR (now Belarus)
Gender: male


Aliaksandr Shakutsin is a Belarusian businessman with considerable business interests in Belarus, Russia and other countries. He reaped significant benefits from the Lukashenka regime as the owner and beneficiary of Amkodor Holding. Since the state’s takeover of Amkodor Holding, Aliaksandr Shakutsin continues to benefit from the economic and political capital gained from the Lukashenka regime during his years in Amkodor Holding. Furthermore, he continues to benefit from the regime through his remaining ties to Amkodor Holding and other business interests in Belarus and abroad.
He is reported to be one of the persons who has benefitted most from privatisation during Lukashenka’s tenure as President.
He is also a former member of the presidium of the pro-Lukashenka public association “Belaya Rus” and a former member of the Council for the Development of Entrepreneurship in the Republic of Belarus.
In July 2020, he made public comments condemning the opposition protests in Belarus, thus supporting the Lukashenka regime’s policy of repression towards peaceful protesters, democratic opposition and civil society.
He maintains business interests in Belarus, and owns equity in companies linked to Amkodor Holding.
He is therefore benefitting from and supporting the Lukashenka regime.


17.12.2020




88.


Mikalai Mikalaevich VARABEI/VERABEI
Nikolay Nikolaevich VOROBEY


Мiкалай Мiкалаевiч ВАРАБЕЙ/ВЕРАБЕЙ
Николай Николаевич ВОРОБЕЙ


Position(s): Businessman, co-owner of Bremino Group
DOB: 4.5.1963
POB: Ukrainian SSR (now Ukraine)
Gender: male


He is one of the leading businessmen operating in Belarus, and has had business interests in petroleum, coal transit, banking and other sectors.
He is the co-owner of Bremino Group – a company that has enjoyed tax breaks and other forms of support from the Belarusian administration. His company BelKazTrans was granted an exclusive right to transfer coal through Belarus. In December 2020 he transferred some of his assets to his close business associates. According to media reports he still controls companies Interservice and Oil Bitumen Plant. He maintains business activities and close relations with authorities in Belarus and gave two luxury cars to Lukashenka. He also has business interests in Ukraine and Russia.
He has continued his business activities after becoming subject to sanctions, using intermediaries to circumvent restrictive measures. He is therefore benefitting from and supporting the Lukashenka regime.


17.12.2020




103.


Maxim Yurevich FILATAU
Maxim Yurevich FILATOV


Максім Юр’евіч ФIЛАТАЎ
Максим Юрьевич ФИЛАТОВ


Position(s): Judge of the Lida City Court
DOB: 23.08.1978
Gender: male
Nationality: Belarusian


In his position as the judge of Lida City Court, Maxim Filatau is responsible for numerous politically motivated rulings against peaceful protesters, in particular the sentencing of activist Vitold Ashurok, who is recognised as a political prisoner by Viasna, a Belarussian human rights organisation.
He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations and seriously undermining the rule of law, as well as the repression of civil society and democratic opposition.


21.6.2021




116.


Siarhei Piatrovich, RUBNIKOVICH
Sergei Petrovich RUBNIKOVICH


Сяргей Пятровіч РУБНIКОВIЧ
Сергей Петрович РУБНИКОВИЧ


Position(s): Rector of the Belarusian State Medical University
DOB: 18.06.1974
POB: Sharkauschyna, Vitebsk/Viciebsk Region/Oblast, former USSR (now Belarus)
Gender: male
Nationality: Belarusian


In his position as the Rector of the Belarusian State Medical University, whose appointment was approved by Alexander Lukashenka, Siarhei Rubnikovich is responsible for the decision of University administration to expel students for taking part in peaceful protests. The expulsion orders were taken following Lukashenka’s call on 27 October 2020 for expelling from universities students taking part in protests and strikes.
He is therefore responsible for the repression of civil society and is supporting the Lukashenka regime.


21.6.2021




117.


Aliaksandr Henadzevich BAKHANOVICH
Aleksandr Gennadevich BAKHANOVICH


Аляĸсандр Генадзевiч БАХАНОВIЧ
Алеĸсандр Геннадьевич БАХАНОВИЧ


Position(s): First Deputy Minister of Education, former Rector of the Brest State Technical University
DOB: 15.09.1972
Gender: male
Nationality: Belarusian


In his former position as the Rector of the Brest State Technical University, whose appointment was approved by Alexander Lukashenka, Aliaksandr Bakhanovich was responsible for the decision of the university administration to expel students for taking part in peaceful protests. The expulsion orders were made following Lukashenka’s call on 27 October 2020 to expel from universities students taking part in protests and strikes. In January 2023, Aliaksandr Bakhanovich was appointed First Deputy Minister of Education of the Republic of Belarus.
He is therefore responsible for the repression of civil society and is supporting the Lukashenka regime.


21.6.2021




119.


Maxim Uladzimiravich RYZHANKOU
Maxim Vladimirovich RYZHENKOV


Максім Уладзіміравіч РЫЖАНКОЎ
Максим Владимирович РЫЖЕНКОВ


Position(s): Minister of Foreign Affairs; First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration
DOB: 19.06.1972
POB: Minsk, former USSR (now Belarus)
Gender: male
Nationality: Belarusian


In his position as the First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration, Maxim Ryzhankou is closely associated with the President and responsible for ensuring the implementation of presidential powers in the field of domestic and foreign policy. For over 20 years of his career in the civil service of Belarus he has held a number of posts, including in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and various embassies. As the Minister of Foreign Affairs, he continues to hold a position of power and to implement the Lukashenka regime’s foreign policy. He is therefore supporting the Lukashenka regime.


21.6.2021




122.


Valeri Valerevich IVANKOVICH
Valery Valerevich IVANKOVICH


Валерый Валер’евіч IВАНКОВIЧ
Валерий Валерьевич ИВАНКОВИЧ


Position(s): General Director of OJSC “MAZ”.
DOB: 15.02.1971
POB: Novopolotsk, Belarusian SSR (Now Belarus)
Gender: male
Nationality: Belarusian


In his position as the General Director of OJSC “MAZ”, Valeri Ivankovich bears responsibility for the detention of MAZ workers within MAZ premises by security forces, and for firing MAZ employees who were participating in peaceful protests against the regime. He is therefore responsible for the repression of civil society.
He was appointed by Lukashenka as a member of the commission tasked to draft amendments to the Belarus constitution. He therefore supports the Lukashenka regime.


21.6.2021




125.


Mikail Safarbekovich GUTSERIEV


Микаил (Михаил) Сафарбекович ГУЦЕРИЕВ


Position(s): Businessman; Former shareholder and chairman of the board of executives of Slavkali; chairman of the board of directors and shareholder of: JSC Mospromstroi, Industrial Financial Group Safmar JSC, LLC Proekt Grad; Member of the board of directors and shareholder of JSC NKNeftisa
DOB: 9.3.1958
POB: Akmolinsk, USSR (now Kazakhstan)
Gender: male
Nationality: Russian


Mikail Gutseriev is a prominent Russian businessman, with business interests in the energy sector, critical minerals sector and other sectors. Furthermore, he is active in the post-Soviet cultural sector. He is a long-time acquaintance of Aliaksandr Lukashenka and thanks to that association had accumulated significant wealth and influence among the political elite in Belarus.
Safmar, an entity linked to Mikail Gutseriev, was the only Russian oil firm that carried on supplying oil to Belarusian refineries during the energy crisis between Belarus and Russia in early 2020.
Mikail Gutseriev also supported Lukashenka in disputes with Russia over oil deliveries. Mikail Gutseriev has been the chairman of the board of directors of, and a shareholder in, the Slavkali company, which was building the Nezhinsky potassium chloride mining and processing plant based on the Starobinsky potash salt deposit near Lyuban. It was the largest investment in Belarus, worth USD 2 billion. Lukashenka promised to rename the town of Lyuban “Gutserievsk” in Mikail Gutseriev’s honour. The Nezhinsky project was nationalised. Under Belarusian law, Mikail Gutseriev should be compensated for the nationalisation of the plant, and Mikail Gutseriev has stated that he is in negotiations with the regime regarding the matter of compensation.
Mikail Gutseriev’s other businesses in Belarus have included fuelling stations and oil depots, a hotel, a business centre and an airport terminal in Minsk. Lukashenka also thanked Mikail Gutseriev for his financial contributions to charity and investments worth billions of dollars in Belarus. Mikail Gutseriev attended Lukashenka’s inauguration in 2020. In that same year, Lukashenka and Mikail Gutseriev both appeared at the opening of an orthodox church, which the latter sponsored.
Mikail Gutseriev assisted with the acquisition of CT scanners for Belarus during the COVID-19 crisis. In 2024, Lukashenka’s daughter-in-law won the “Chanson of the year award”, organised by Mikail Gutseriev’s radio station, which helped create momentum around her persona before she became the campaign leader for the 2025 Belarusian elections. Mikail Gutseriev is therefore benefitting from and supporting the Lukashenka regime.


21.6.2021




134.


Dzmitry Mikalaevich STREBKOU
Dmitry Nikolaevich STREBKOV


Дзмітрый Мікалаевіч СТРЭБКОЎ
Дмитрий Николаевич СТРЕБКОВ


Position(s): Head of the Prison No. 8 in Zhodino; Deputy of Zhodino City Council
DOB: 19.03.1977
POB:
Gender: male
Nationality: Belarusian


In his position as Head of the Prison No. 8 in Zhodino, Dzmitry Strebkou is responsible for the appalling conditions in the detention centre and for the inhumane and degrading treatment, including torture, inflicted on citizens who participated in peaceful protests and were detained in this detention facility, including in its temporary detention centre, in the wake of the 2020 presidential election.
He is therefore responsible for serious human rights violations and for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition in Belarus.


21.6.2021




150.


Dzmitry Iauhenevich BURDZIUK
Dmitry Evgenevich BURDIUK


Дзмітрый Яўгеньевіч БУРДЗЮК
Дмитрий Евгеньевич БУРДЮК


Function: Deputy Head of the Main Criminal Investigation Department of the Criminal Police of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus; Head of the Oktyabrsky District Police Department; Former Head of the Partizanski District Police Department of Minsk
DOB: 31.01.1980
POB: Brest region, former USSR (now Belarus)
Gender: male
Nationality: Belarusian
Personal identification: 3310180C009PB7
Passport number: MP3567896


In his former position as Head of the Partizanski District Police Department of Minsk, Dzmitry Burdziuk was responsible for overseeing the severe beatings and torture of peaceful protesters and bystanders in that district in the wake of the 2020 presidential election.
In December 2020 he was appointed Head of the Oktyabrsky District Police Department.
He is therefore responsible for serious violations of human rights and the repression of civil society and democratic opposition in Belarus.


21.6.2021




151.


Vital Vitalevich KAPILEVICH
Vitaliy Vitalevich KAPILEVICH


Віталь Вітальевіч КАПIЛЕВIЧ
Виталий Витальевич КАПИЛЕВИЧ


Position(s): Former Head of the Leninsky District Police Department of Minsk; Former Deputy Head of the Main Directorate for Drug Control and Combating Human Trafficking of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus; Deputy Head of the Main Criminal Investigation Department of the Criminal Police of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus
DOB: 26.11.1988
POB:
Gender: male
Nationality: Belarusian


In his former position as Head of the Leninsky District Police Department of Minsk, Vital Kapilevich is responsible for the inhumane and degrading treatment, including torture, inflicted on citizens detained at the Leninsky District Police Department. The detainees were denied medical help; paramedics who arrived at the Department were intimidated to prevent the provision of medical assistance to the detainees.
He is therefore responsible for serious violations of human rights and the repression of civil society in Belarus.


21.6.2021




152.


Kiryl Stanislavavich KISLOU
Kirill Stanislavovich KISLOV


Кірыл Станіслававіч КIСЛОЎ
Кирилл Станиславович КИСЛОВ


Position(s): Former Head of the Zavodsky District Police Department of Minsk; Former Deputy Chief of the Public Safety Police of the Main Directorate of Internal Affairs of the Minsk City Executive Committee; Deputy Head of the Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus
DOB: 02.1.1979
POB: Minsk, former USSR (now Belarus)
Gender: male
Nationality: Belarusian


In his former position as Head of the Zavodsky District Police Department of Minsk, Kiryl Kislou is responsible for inhumane and degrading treatment, including torture, inflicted on citizens detained at the premises of this police station. He is also responsible for mass repressions against peaceful protesters, journalists, human rights activists, workers, representatives of the academic community and bystanders, inflicted by his subordinates.
He remains active in the Lukashenka regime as the Deputy Head of the Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Belarus.
He is therefore supporting the Lukashenka regime and responsible for serious violations of human rights and the repression of civil society in Belarus.


21.6.2021




195.


Ivan Ivanavich GALAVATYI
Ivan Ivanovich GOLOVATY


Iван Iванавiч ГАЛАВАТЫ
Иван Иванович ГОЛОВАТЫЙ


Position(s): Former Director-General of the Open Joint Stock Company “Belaruskali”; Chairman of the supervisory board of JSC Belarussian Potash Company; First Deputy Director of Nedra Nezhin; First Deputy Director of the Mining and Processing Complex (MPC) in Lyuban District
Member of the Standing Committee of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of the Republic of Belarus for Foreign Affairs and National Security
DOB: 15.6.1976
POB: Pogost Settlement, Soligorsk District, Minsk Province, Belarus
Gender: male
Nationality: Belarusian


Ivan Galavatyi is the former director general of the state-owned enterprise Belaruskali, which is a major source of revenue and foreign currency for the Lukashenka regime. He is a former member of the Council of the Republic of Belarus and the National Assembly. He also holds multiple other high positions in Belarus and he has received multiple state awards, including from Lukashenka, during his career. He has been closely associated with Lukashenka and members of his family. Aliaksandr Lukashenka has proposed that Ivan Golovaty be sent to work as an ambassador to one of the countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States. He is therefore benefitting from and supporting the Lukashenka regime.
As the former director general of Belaruskali, Ivan Galavatyi was directly involved in the Lukashenka regime’s relocation of Ukrainian children from occupied territories in collaboration with Russia. Therefore, Ivan Galavatyi supports the Lukashenka regime. He continues to support and benefit from the Lukashenka regime as the First Deputy Director of Nedra Nezhin, a company reported to be a successor to Slavkali, a major potash producer in Belarus and as the First Deputy Director of the Mining and Processing Complex (MPC) in Lyuban District.
The employees of OJSC “Belaruskali” who took part in strikes and peaceful protests in the aftermath of the fraudulent presidential elections of August 2020 in Belarus, were deprived of premiums and laid off. Alexander Lukashenka himself personally threatened to replace the strikers with miners from Ukraine. Therefore, as the former head of Belaruskali, Ivan Galavatyi is responsible for the repression of civil society.


3.6.2022




197.


Andrei Siarheevich PALCHIK
Andrei Sergeevich PALCHIK


Андрэй Сяргеевiч ПАЛЬЧЫК
Андрей Сергеевич ПАЛЬЧИК


Position(s): Former head of correctional colony No 1 in Novopolotsk; Warden of the detention centre in Vitebsk; Deputy warden of Pretrial Detention Facility No. 2
DOB: 3.3.1981
Gender: male
Nationality: Belarusian


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


3.8.2023




199.


Mikhail Mikhailavich MURASHKIN
Mikhail Mikhailovich MURASHKIN


Мiхаiл Мiхайлавiч МУРАШКIН
Михаил Михайлович МУРАШКИН


Position(s): Former Deputy Head of the Municipal Department of Internal Affairs in Zhodino – Head of the Public Security Police; First Deputy Head of the District Department of Internal Affairs in Borisov – Head of the Public Security Police as of 29.10.2021; Acting Chief of the Uzda District Department of Internal Affairs
DOB: 8.9.1989
Gender: male
Nationality: Belarusian


In his capacity as former head of the Public Security Police in Zhodino, Mikhail Murashkin ordered the police troops and riot police, OMON, to brutally crack down on peaceful protests in the wake of the presidential elections in 2020, beating protesters and using violence against them. He is also involved in the unlawful repeated detention of independent journalists covering the protests in the lead-up to the presidential elections.
He continues to hold a similarly high-ranking position within the Department of Internal Affairs.
He is therefore supporting the Lukashenka regime and responsible for serious violations of human rights and the repression of civil society in Belarus.


3.8.2023




202.


Ruslan Khikmetavich MASHADZEOU
Ruslan Khikmetovich MASHADIYEV


Руслан Хiкметовiч МАШАДЗЕЎ
Руслан Хикметович МАШАДИЕВ


Position(s): Former Deputy Head of Penal Colony Noo1; Current Head of Penal Colony Noo1
Gender: male
DOB: 26.9.1981
Nationality: Belarusian


In his position of Head and the former Deputy Head of Penal Colony Noo1, Ruslan Mashadzeou is responsible for the inhuman and degrading treatment, including torture, inflicted on the political prisoners and other citizens detained in that penal colony in the wake of the 2020 presidential election and in the ensuing peaceful protests. He was the head of the penal colony at the time of the death of the political prisoner Vitold Ashurak in that penal colony on 21 May 2021, in unexplained circumstances.
He is therefore responsible for serious violations of human rights and the repression of civil society in Belarus.


3.8.2023




206.


Sviatlana Paulauna PAKHODAVA
Svetlana Pavlovna POKHODOVA


Святлана Паўлаўна ПАХОДАВА
Светлана Павловна ПОХОДОВА


Position(s): Former Head of Penal Colony No.o4 for women in Gomel
Gender: female
Nationality: Belarusian
Suspected location: Gomel


In her former position of Head of Penal Colony No.o4 for women in Gomel, Sviatlana Pakhodava is responsible for the inhuman and degrading treatment, including torture, inflicted on the political prisoners and other citizens detained in that female penal colony. She was already the head of the penal colony at the time of the prosecution of Maria Kalesnikava, a political prisoner who was handed an 11-year custodial sentence for her participation in the protests against the authoritarian rule of Aliaksandr Lukashenko in the penal colony. She was deprived of all prisoner rights, including the right to consult a lawyer.
Sviatlana Pakhodava is therefore responsible for serious violations of human rights and the repression of civil society in Belarus.


3.8.2023




208.


Tatsiana Aliaksandrauna GRAKUN
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




238.


Viktar Aliaksandravich DUBROUKA
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




242.


Andrei Mikhailovich TSEDRYK
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.


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255.


Aliaksey Anatolevich KHLYSZCZANKAU
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.


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258.


Viktar Arkadzievich SHAUTSOU
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.


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in Table ‘B. Legal persons, entities or bodies referred to in Article 4(1)’, entries 1, 6, 7, 8, 25, 27 and 28 are replaced by the following corresponding entries:










 


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


Names
(Belarusian spelling)
(Russian spelling)


Identifying information


Reasons for listing


Date of listing




‘1.


Beltechexport


Белтехэкспорт


Address: Nezavisimosti Ave. 86-B, Minsk, Belarus
Website: https://bte.by/

E-mail address: mail@bte.by
Registration number: 100138662


Beltechexport is a private entity which exports weapons and military equipment produced by Belarusian state-owned companies to countries in Africa, South America, Asia and the Middle East. Beltechexport is closely associated with the Ministry of Defence of Belarus.
Beltechexport is therefore benefitting from and supporting the Lukashenka regime, by bringing benefits to the presidential administration. Furthermore, Beltechexport forms part of the military and industrial complex of Belarus, and is involved in the development, production and supply of military technology and equipment.


17.12.2020




6.


AGAT electromechanical Plant OJSC


Агат-электромеханический завод


Address: Nezavisimosti Ave. 115, 220114 Minsk, Belarus
Website: https://agat-emz.by/

E-mail address: marketing@agat-emz.by
Tel.:
+375 (17) 272-01-32;
+375 (17) 570-41-45
Registration number: 100093400


AGAT electromechanical Plant OJSC is part of the Belarusian State Authority for Military Industry of the Republic of Belarus (a.k.a. SAMI or State Military Industrial Committee), which is responsible for implementing the military-technical policy of the State and a subordinate to the Council of Ministers and President of Belarus.
AGAT electromechanical Plant OJSC is therefore benefitting from its association with and supporting the Lukashenka regime.
The company manufactures “Rubezh” – a barrier system designed for riot control that has been deployed against peaceful demonstrations that took place in the wake of the presidential elections held on 9 August 2020, thus making the company responsible for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition.
The company also produces goods with military end use, which are used by the Belarusian military, including the Air Force.
AGAT electromechanical Plant OJSC therefore forms part of the military and industrial complex of Belarus by being involved in the development, production and supply of military technology and equipment.


17.12.2020




7.


140 Repair Plant


140 ремонтный завод


Address: Borisov, 19 L. Chalovskaya St.
Phone:
+375 177 74-64-64
+375 177 74-79-99
Email:
info@140zavod.by
Website: 140zavod.org
Registration number: 600136102


140 Repair Plant is part of the Belarussian State Authority for Military Industry of the Republic of Belarus (a.k.a. SAMI or State Military Industrial Committee), which is responsible for implementing the military-technical policy of the State and a subordinate to the Council of Ministers and President of Belarus. 140 Repair Plant is therefore benefitting from its association with and supporting the Lukashenka regime.
The company manufactures transport vehicles and armoured vehicles, which have been deployed against peaceful demonstrations that took place in the wake of the presidential elections held on 9 August 2020, thus making the company responsible for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition.
Furthermore, the company develops, produces and modernises military vehicles.
140 Repair Plant therefore forms part of the military and industrial complex of Belarus by being involved in the development, production and supply of military technology and equipment.


17.12.2020




8.


MZKT (a.k.a. VOLAT)


МЗКТ - Минский завод колёсных тягачей


Address: 150 Partizansky Ave., 220021, Minsk, Republic of Belarus
Phone: +375 (17) 330-17-09
Fax: +375 (17) 291-31-92
E-Mail: link@mzkt.by
Website: www.mzkt.by
Registration number: 100534485


MZKT (a.k.a. VOLAT) is part of the Belarusian State Authority for Military Industry of the Republic of Belarus (a.k.a. SAMI or State Military Industrial Committee), which is responsible for implementing the military-technical policy of the State and a subordinate to the Council of Ministers and the President of Belarus. MZKT (a.k.a. VOLAT) is therefore benefitting from its association with and supporting the Lukashenka regime.
Employees of MZKT who protested during the visit of Aliaksandr Lukashenka to the factory and went on strike in the wake of the 2020 presidential elections in Belarus were fired, which makes the company responsible for violation of human rights.
Furthermore, the company also develops and produces military vehicles.
MZKT therefore forms part of the military and industrial complex of Belarus by being involved in the development, production and supply of military technology and equipment.


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25.


Open Joint Stock Company “Grodno Azot”
Including Branch “Khimvolokno Plant” JSC “Grodno Azot”


ААТ “Гродна Азот”
ОАО “Гродно Азот”
Фiлiял “Завод Хiмвалакно” ААТ “Гродна Азот”
Филиал “Завод Химволокно” ОАО “Гродно Азот”


Address: 100 Kosmonavtov Ave., Grodno/Hrodna, Belarus
Date of registration: 1965
Registration number: 500036524
Website: https://azot.by/en/

Address: 4 Slavinskogo St., 230026 Grodno/Hrodna, Belarus
Date of registration: 12.5.2000
Registration number: 590046884
Website: www.grodno-khim.by
E-mail address: office@grodno-khim.by; market@grodno-khim.by; ppm@grodno-khim.by; tnp@grodno-khim.by
Tel./Fax: +375 (152) 39-19-00; +375 (152) 39-19-44


OJSC Grodno Azot is a large state-owned producer of nitrogen compounds, based in Grodno/Hrodna. Lukashenka described it as “a very important enterprise, a strategic one”. Grodno Azot also owns Khimvolokno Plant, which is a large manufacturer of polyamide and polyester and composite materials. Grodno Azot and its Khimvolokno Plant are a source of substantial revenue for the Lukashenka regime. Grodno Azot is therefore supporting the Lukashenka regime.
Lukashenka visited the company and met with its representatives, discussing the plant’s modernisation and various forms of State support. Lukashenka also promised that a loan would be used for the construction of a new nitrogen plant in Grodno/Hrodna. Grodno Azot is therefore benefitting from the Lukashenka regime.
The workers of Grodno Azot, including its employees at the Khimvolokno Plant, who participated in peaceful protests against the regime and went on strike, were dismissed, intimidated and threatened both by the Grodno Azot management and regime representatives. Grodno Azot is therefore responsible for the repression of civil society.
Furthermore, Grodno Azot is part of the Belneftekhim concern. Therefore, Grodno Azot is associated with Belneftekhim, which is benefitting from and supporting the Lukashenka regime.


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27.


Open Joint Stock Company “Belshina”


AAT “Белшина”
ОАО “Белшина”


Address: 4 Minskoe Shosse St., 213824 Bobruisk, Belarus
Date of registration: 10.1.1994
Registration number: 700016217
Website: http://www.belshinajsc.by/



OJSC Belshina is one of the leading state-owned companies in Belarus and a large manufacturer of vehicle tyres. In the years 2022 and 2023 it had a profitability of 9 %, as confirmed by the Belarusian deputy prime minister Petr Parkhomczyk. The Belarusian State is directly profiting from the earnings made by Belshina. Furthermore, Belshina is supplying tyres to the Russian military deployed in Ukraine, supporting the involvement of Belarus in the Russian aggression against Ukraine. The distributor for Belshina’s sales to Russia is controlled by Dmitry Lukashenko, Aliaksandr Lukashenko’s son. Therefore, Belshina is supporting the Lukashenka regime.
Employees of Belshina who protested and went on strike in the wake of the 2020 presidential elections in Belarus were dismissed and forced to resign, under the pretence of absenteeism. Additionally, political prisoners are forced by the State to perform hazardous labour for the benefit of Belshina. Moreover, Belshina receives state aid in the form of payment of debts and deferment in the payment of import VAT. Furthermore, state bodies are allowed by the Belarusian government to purchase Belshina products without a tender. Belshina is therefore benefitting from the Lukashenka regime and it is responsible for the repression of civil society in Belarus.


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28.


Open Joint Stock Company “Belaruskali”


Адкрытае акцыянернае таварыства “Беларуськалiй”
Открытое акционерное общество “Беларуськалий”


Address: 5 Korzha St., Soligorsk, 223710 Minsk Region/Oblast, Belarus
Date of registration: 23.12.1996
Registration number: 600122610


OJSC Belaruskali is a state-owned enterprise and one of the biggest potash producers in the world. Despite the decline of its global share in the global potash market from 20 % to 9 % in 2022, Belaruskali remains one of the most significant exporters of potash and a substantial source of revenue for the Belarussian state budget. Alexander Lukashenka described Belaruskali as “a national treasure, pride, one of the pillars of Belarusian exports”. It is also a major source of foreign currency for the Lukashenka regime.
Belaruskali is directly involved in the Lukashenka regime’s relocation of Ukrainian children from occupied territories in collaboration with Russia. Since Russia’s illegal and unprovoked full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Dubrava facility, which is owned by OJSC Belaruskali, has held more than 2 050  Ukrainian children. Therefore, OJSC “Belaruskali” supports the Lukashenka regime.
The employees of OJSC “Belaruskali” who took part in strikes and peaceful protests in the aftermath of the fraudulent August 2020 presidential elections in Belarus were intimidated and laid off by the company’s management. Alexander Lukashenka himself personally threatened to replace the strikers with miners from Ukraine. In 2024, several dozen employees of OJSC “Belaruskali” were dismissed due to their participation in the 2020 protests. Therefore, “Belaruskali” is responsible for the repression of civil society in Belarus and supports the Lukashenka regime.


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