Alexander Lukashenko President of Belarus since the 1994 election Since the 1990s Belarus has been actively criticized b

Alexander Lukashenko President of Belarus since the 1994 election Since the 1990s Belarus has been actively criticized by the United States the European Union the OSCE and the United Nations for human rights violations and electoral fraud Various Belarusian officials businesspeople with links to the authoritarian regime of Alexander Lukashenko and their companies have been subject to various sanctions involving asset freeze and travel bans US sanctions Source Individuals Political leadership propaganda Name Position Main accusations Remarks Alexander Lukashenko President of Belarus Lidia Yermoshina Chair of the Central Election Commission of Belarus Central figure behind massive centralized election fraud in Belarus Natalia Petkevich First Deputy Head of the Administration of the President of Belarus in 2004 2010 Viktor Lukashenko Assistant Aid to the President in National Security Affairs Son of president Alexander Lukashenko Alexander Radkov Former Minister of Education now leader of the Belaya Rus movement and Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration Vladimir Rusakevich Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration Alexander Zimovsky Former Head of the National State Television and Radio Company of the Republic of Belarus adviser on propaganda Law enforcement Name Position Main accusations Remarks Former commander of Minsk riot police unit Violence against demonstrators in the late 1990s and early 2000s Uladzimir Navumau Minister of Internal Affairs of Belarus in 2000 2009 Responsible for repressions against opposition activists during the 2004 referendum campaign 2006 presidential elections etc Viktor Sheiman Former Secretary of the Security Council special adviser to president Lukashenka Accused of the disappearance of opposition leaders in 1999 2000 Head of the KGB of Belarus in 2005 2007 including during the 2006 Belarusian presidential election Dmitri Pavlichenko Head of the Belarusian Special Rapid Reaction Unit Accused of involvement into the disappearance of opposition leader Viktar Hanchar in 1999 Judiciary Name Position Main accusations Remarks Piotr Miklashevich Member of the Constitutional Court of Belarus Formal justification of political repressions and electoral fraud Aleh Slizheuski Justice Minister of Belarus Formal justification of political repressions and electoral fraud Former Minister of Justice Formal justification of political repressions and electoral fraud Businesspeople and their immediate relatives Name Position Main accusations Remarks Key figure in Dana Holdings and its subsidiaries Close associate of Lukashenko Serbian Cypriot national son of Bogoljub Karic Companies Name Remarks Belneftekhim including Belneftekhim USA Inc Grodno Azot Naftan Belshina Other Name Remarks Belarus Olympic Committee Presided by Viktor Lukashenko EU sanctions list following 2006 presidential elections Source Senior state leadership Name Position Alexander Lukashenko President of Belarus Head of the President s Administration Natalia Petkevich Deputy Head of President s administration Anatoly Rubinov Deputy Head in charge of media and ideology PA Oleg Proleskovsky Aide and Head of the Main Ideological department PA Alexander Radkov Minister of Education Vladimir Rusakevich Minister of Information Alexander Zimovsky Member of the Upper House of the Parliament Head of the national state teleradio company Chairman of the Lower House of the Parliament Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Upper House Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Lower House Mikhail Orda Member of the Upper House leader of the BRSM Leonid Kozik Head of the Federation of Trade Unions Election organization Name Position Lydia Yermoshina Chairwoman of the Central Election Commission of Belarus Nikolai Lozovik Deputy Head of the Central Election Commission of Belarus Koleda Alexandr Mikhailovich Chairman of the Elections Commission of the Brest Region Mikhasev Vladimir Ilyich Chairman of the CEC of the Gomel Region Luchina Leonid Aleksandrovich Chairman of the CEC of the Grodno Region Ihar Karpenka Chairman of the CEC of Minsk Kurlovich Vladimir Anatolievich Chairman of the CEC of the Minsk Region Metelitsa Nikolai Timofeevich Chairman of the CEC of the Mogilev Region Pishchulenok Mikhail Vasilievich Chairman of the CEC of the Vitebsk Region State security services Name Position Chairman of KGB Vasily Dementei First Deputy KGB Viktor Sheyman State Secretary of the Security Council Dmitry Pavlichenko Head of the Special Response Group at the Ministry of the Interior SOBR Uladzimir Navumau Minister of the Interior Lieutenant Colonel of Militia Unit for Special Purposes OMON Ministry of Internal Affairs Judiciary Name Position Minister of Justice Petr Miklashevich Prosecutor General Oleg Slizhevsky Head of the Division of Social organisations parties and NGOs Ministry of Justice Aleksandr Khariton Consultant of the Division of Social organisations parties and NGOs of the Ministry of Justice Evgeny Smirnov First Deputy of the Chairman of the Economic Court Nadezhda Reutskaya Judge of the Moscow district of Minsk Nikolai Trubnikov Judge of the Partizanskiy district of Minsk Nikolai Kupriyanov Deputy Prosecutor General EU sanctions list preceding the 2010 Presidential elections The list of sanctioned individuals was consolidated on 25 October 2010 The presidential election was held on 19 December that year EU sanctions list following 23 September 2012 elections Source This list of sanctioned individuals was published on 15 October 2012 following the 2012 Belarusian parliamentary election University rectors Name Position Reasons for listing Remarks Rector of the Belarusian State University Politically motivated expulsions of students Tamara Alpeyeva Rector of International Humanitarian Economic Institute Politically motivated expulsions of students Mikhail Batura Rector of Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics Politically motivated expulsions of students Rector of Brest State University Politically motivated expulsions of students Rector of Maxim Tank Belarusian State Pedagogical University Politically motivated expulsions of students State propaganda Name Position Reasons for listing Remarks First Deputy Minister of Information Promotion of state propaganda Dzmitry Zhuk Director General of the state news agency BelTA Alexander Zimovsky Media adviser and former president of the National State Television and Radio Company of the Republic of Belarus The main actor of the regime s propaganda until December 2010 Also subject to U S sanctions Upper House of the Parliament former Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee Head of the government loyal Union of writers Chairman of the Morality Republican Public Council A close supporter of President Lukashenka and key to the regime s propaganda and censorship Gennady Davydko Head of the National State Television and Radio Company of the Republic of Belarus Responsible for promoting state propaganda on TV propaganda which supported and justified the repression of the democratic opposition and of civil society after the elections in December 2010 Also subject to U S sanctions Vadim Gigin Editor in Chief of a monthly journal of the President s Administration One of the most vocal and influential members of the state propaganda machine in the printed press He has supported and justified the repression of the democratic opposition and of civil society Pavel Yakubovich Sovetskaya Belorussiya Belarus Segodnya Editor in Chief Member of the Upper House of the Parliament appointed by President Lukashenka One of the most vocal and influential members of the state propaganda machine in the printed press He has supported and justified the repression of the democratic opposition and of civil society Vsevolod Yanchevski Presidential Administration of Belarus Head of the Ideological Department Assistant to the President The main creator of the regime s ideology and state propaganda which supports and justifies the repression of the democratic opposition and of civil society Yury Koziyatko Capital TV TV host General Director His TV show is an instrument of state propaganda which supports and justifies the repression of the democratic opposition and of civil society Aliaksei Mikhalchanka ONT TV host influential journalist His programme is an instrument of state propaganda on TV which supports and justifies the repression of the democratic opposition and of civil society Managed to get sanctions against him lifted in 2014 following procedural flaws of EU s prolongation of sanctions in 2012 Belarus 1 TV host journalist His TV show is an instrument of state propaganda on TV which supports and justifies the repression of the democratic opposition and of civil society Oleg Proleskovsky Presidential Administration former Deputy Head former Head of General Directorate for Ideology and Centre of Analysis and Information One of the main sources and voices of state propaganda and ideological support for the regime Anatoli Rubinov Upper House of the Parliament chairman Presidential Administration Former Deputy Head in charge of Media and Ideology in 2006 2008 One of the main sources and voices of state propaganda and ideological support for the regime Information and Analytical Centre of the Presidential Administration Director He is one of the main sources of state propaganda which supports and justifies the repression of the democratic opposition and of civil society Sovetskaya Belorussiya Belarus Segodnya Deputy Editor in Chief Responsible for relaying state propaganda in the printed press which has supported and justified the repression of the democratic opposition and of civil society systematically highlighted in a negative and derogatory way using falsified and untrue information Former first Deputy Director A source and voice of state propaganda which provokes supports and justifies the repression of the democratic opposition and of civil society Information and Analytical Centre of the Presidential Administration Deputy Director Information and Analytical Centre of the Presidential Administration Deputy Director Former Deputy Minister of Information He played a major role in promoting state propaganda which supports and justifies the repression of the democratic opposition and of civil society Editor in Chief In his position he is one of the most vocal and influential members of the state propaganda machine in the printed press Sovetskaya Belorussiya Belarus Segodnya First deputy Editor in Chief His newspaper is a source of pro governmental policy falsifying facts and making unfair comments on the ongoing processes in Belarus against the democratic opposition and civil society Sovetskaya Belorussiya Belarus Segodnya Former Deputy Editor in Chief Sovetskaya Belorussiya Belarus Segodnya Editor in Chief Sovetskaya Belorussiya Belarus Segodnya Deputy Editor in Chief Businesspeople Name Position Reasons for listing Remarks Yury Chyzh Owner of Triple LLC Financial support to the Lukashenka regime Vladimir Peftiev Owner of diverse assets in Belarus and abroad Economic advice to President Lukashenka key financial sponsor of the Lukashenka regime October 2014 the sanctions were dropped by the EU Council On 9 December 2014 the General Court of European Union decided in Peftiev s and his companies favour annulling the sanctions and ruling that the Council of the European Union and European Commission had made mistakes while evaluating Peftiev s business activities Dmitry Lukashenko Businessman son of president Alexander Lukashenko Judges and state prosecution This section needs expansion You can help by adding to it October 2017 Name Position Reasons for listing Remarks Judge of the Pukhavichy District Court Politically motivated administrative and criminal sanctions against representatives of civil society Judge of the Supreme Economic Court He sustained the ban of the independent radio station Autoradio Judge at the Pyershamayski District Court of the city of Minsk Sentencing protests participants in violation of the legislation Prosecutor of the Minsk Region Repression of civil society ru Deputy Minister of Justice Responsible for the role and the action of the Ministry of Justice and the judiciary of Belarus which are major instruments of repression of the population Judge at the Zavodski District Court of the city of Minsk Judicial repression of the peaceful demonstrators on 19 December 2010 Judge of the Pyershamayski District Court of Minsk Judicial repressions On 24 November 2011 he sentenced Ales Byalyatski one of the most prominent human rights defenders Judge at the Partyzanski District Court of the city of Minsk Judicial repression of the peaceful demonstrators on 19 December 2010 State security services Name Position Accusations Remarks Major head of operative unit of penal colony No 17 in Shklov Exerted pressure on political prisoners by denying their right to correspondence and meetings issued orders to subject them to a stricter criminal regime searches and made threats in order to extort confessions He was directly responsible for violating the human rights of political prisoners and opposition activists by using excessive force against them His actions constituted a direct violation of the international commitments of Belarus in the field of human rights Colonel head of the KGB detention centre in Minsk He was personally responsible for cruel inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment of those who were detained in the weeks and months after the crackdown on the post election protest demonstration in Minsk on 19 December 2010 His actions constituted a direct violation of the international commitments of Belarus in the field of human rights Atabekov Khazalbek Bakhtibekovich Colonel commander of a special brigade of Interior Troops in the Uruchie suburb of Minsk He commanded his unit during the crackdown on the post election protest demonstration in Minsk on 19 December 2010 where an excessive use of force was applied His actions constituted a direct violation of the international commitments of Belarus in the field of human rights former Deputy Head of the KGB Active involvement in the repression of civil society in Belarus As a former Deputy Head of the KGB in charge of the staff and the organisation of their tasks Bakhmatov was responsible for the repressive work of the KGB against civil society and democratic opposition Barsukov Aleksandr Petrovich Colonel Chief of Minsk police Since his appointment as Chief of Minsk police on 21 October 2011 he has been responsible as commander for the repression of approximately a dozen peaceful protesters in Minsk who were later convicted for breaking the law on mass events For several years he commanded police action against street protests of the opposition Busko Igor Yevgenyevich Head of the KGB of the Brest Region Responsible for the repressive work of the KGB against civil society and democratic opposition in the region of Brest Belarus Chernyshev Oleg Anatolievich Colonel in charge of counter terrorist unit of the KGB the Alpha unit He personally participated in tortures of opposition activists in the KGB detention centre in Minsk after the crackdown on the post election protest demonstration in Minsk 19 December 2010 Dementey Vasili Ivanovich Head of the Hrodna Customs regional committee former First deputy Chairman of the KGB 2005 2007 former Deputy Head of the State Customs Committee Responsible for repressions against civil society and the democratic opposition in particular in 2006 2007 Dedkov Leonid Nikolaevich Deputy Head of the KGB Shares responsibility for the repressive work of the KGB against civil society and democratic opposition Farmagey Leonid Konstantinovich Deputy Head of the academy of the Ministry of Interior Before June 2011 Police Commander of the City of Minsk Has been actively involved in the repression of civil society in Belarus In his former role until June 2011 as he commanded the Minsk militia forces that brutally repressed a demonstration on 19 December 2010 Gaidukevich Valeri Vladimirovich Deputy Minister of Interior Commander of internal troops and Member of Parliament in the Lower Chamber As a commander of internal troops he was responsible for the violent repression of the demonstration on 19 December 2010 in Minsk where his troops were the first to be actively involved Gerasimenko Gennadi Anatolievich Deputy Head of the Institute of National Security KGB school and former Head of the KGB of the Vitebsk Region Responsible for the repressive work of the KGB against civil society and democratic opposition in the region of Vitebsk Gureev Sergei Viktorovich Former Deputy Minister of Interior and Head of Preliminary Investigation Has been actively involved in the repression of civil society in Belarus As a former Deputy Minister of Interior and Head of Preliminary Investigation he was responsible for the violent suppression of protests and violations of human rights during investigation proceedings in relation to the December 2010 elections Joined the reserve forces in February 2012 Yaruta Viktor Gueorguevich Head of the KGB Board on State Communications Responsible for the repressive work of the KGB against civil society and democratic opposition Yevseyev Igor Vladimirovich Head of the regional Vitebsk police Former Deputy Head of Minsk Police and Head of the Minsk anti riot OMON operation team He commanded the troops that put down the peaceful demonstrations on 19 December 2010 and personally took part in the brutality for which he received an award and an acknowledgement letter from President Lukashenko in February 2011 In 2011 he also commanded the troops that repressed several other protests by political activists and citizens in Minsk Ivanov Sergey Deputy Head of Supply Division of the Ideological and Personnel Directorate of the Minsk Municipal Department of Interior In February 2011 he received an award and an acknowledgement letter from President Lukashenko for his active participation and implementation of orders during the repression of the 19 December 2010 demonstrations Kadin Roman Commanding officer of Weaponry and Technical Supply of the Motorised Patrol Service In February 2011 he received an award and an acknowledgement letter from President Lukashenka for his active participation and implementation of orders during the repression of the 19 December 2010 demonstrations Kalach Vladimir Viktorovich Head of the KGB of the Minsk Region and city of Minsk and former Deputy Head of the KGB for Minsk Responsible for the repressive work of the KGB civil society and the democratic opposition in Minsk Kovalev Aleksandr Mikhailovich Director of the prison camp in Gorki He was responsible for the inhuman treatment of the detainees especially for persecution and torturous treatment of civil society activist Dzmitry Dashkevich who was imprisoned in relation to the 19 December 2010 elections and the crackdown on civil society and on the democratic opposition Korzh Ivan Alekseevich Head of the KGB of the Hrodna Region Responsible for the repressive work of the KGB against civil society and democratic opposition in the region of Hrodna Krashevski Viktor Head of the GRU Responsible for the work of the intelligence services in the repression of civil society and of the democratic opposition Kuleshov Anatoli Nilovich Former Minister of Interior Has been actively involved in the repression of civil society in Belarus In his former role as Minister of Interior he commanded the troops of the Ministry of Interior that brutally repressed the peaceful demonstrations on 19 December 2010 and showed some pride for this responsibility Assigned to the army reserve forces in January 2012 Kuznetsov Igor Nikonovich Head of KGB Training Centre former Head of the KGB in the Minsk Region and in Minsk city As the person responsible for preparing and training KGB staff he was responsible for the repressive work of the KGB against civil society and the democratic opposition In relation to his previous functions he was responsible for the same repressive work of the KGB in Minsk city and in the region of Minsk Leskovski Ivan Anatolievich Head of the KGB for Homel and former Deputy Head of the KGB for Homel Responsible for the repressive work of the KGB against civil society and democratic opposition in the region of Homel Lukomski Aleksandr Valentinovich Commander of the Special Regiment of the Ministry of Interior of the City of Minsk He commanded the troops that repressed a peaceful demonstration on 19 December 2010 for which he received an award and an acknowledgement letter from President Lukashenko in February 2011 In June 2011 he also commanded troops that repressed peaceful citizens in Minsk Maltsev Leonid Semenovich Secretary of the Security Council Responsible for all state security services He planned and ordered the repression of peaceful demonstrations on 19 December 2010 Maslakov Valeri Anatolievich Head of the KGB Board of Intelligence Responsible for the repressive work of the KGB against civil society and the democratic opposition Naumov Vladimir Vladimirovich Former Minister of Interior and also former Head of the President s Security Service Failed to take action to investigate the case of the unresolved disappearances of Yury Zacharanka Viktar Hanchar Anatoly Krasovski and Dzmitry Zavadski in Belarus in 1999 2000 Remained on the sanctions list after 2016 Head of the security service of the holding company Triple of Yury Chyzh former Head of the Unit for Special Purposes Ministry of Interior As a commander of internal anti riot troops he was directly responsible for and was directly involved in the violent repression of peaceful demonstrations notably in 2004 and 2008 Pavlichenko Dmitry Valerievich Former Head of the Special Response Group at the Ministry of Interior SOBR Key person in the unresolved disappearances of opposition leaders Yury Zacharanka Viktar Hanchar opposition sponsor Anatoly Krasovski and journalist Dzmitry Zavadski in Belarus in 1999 2000 Remained on the sanctions list after 2016 Pekarski Oleg Anatolievich former first Deputy Minister of Interior Has been actively involved in the repression of civil society in Belarus Responsible for the repression of civil society following the December 2010 elections Poluden Yevgeni Yevgenyevich Former Deputy Minister of Interior and Head of the militia police Under his command militia forces brutally repressed the peaceful demonstrations on 19 December 2010 Sanko Ivan Ivanovich Major senior investigator of the KGB He conducted investigations which included the use of falsified evidence against opposition activists in the KGB detention centre in Minsk after the crackdown on the post election protest demonstration in Minsk on December 19 2010 His actions constituted a clear violation of the human rights by denying the right to a fair trial and the international commitments of Belarus in the field of human rights Shamyonov Vadim Igorevich Captain head of operative unit of penal colony No 17 in Shklov Exerted pressure on political prisoners denying their right to correspondence and made threats in order to extort confessions Directly responsible for violating the human rights of political prisoners and opposition activists by the use of cruel inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment His actions constituted a direct violation of the international commitments of Belarus in the field of human rights Shugaev Sergei Mikhailovich Head of the KGB Counter Intelligence Division and former Deputy Head of the KGB Counter Intelligence Board Responsible for the repressive work of the KGB against civil society and the democratic opposition Igor Sergeenko Head of the KGB of the City District of Mahiliou Responsible for the repressive work of the KGB against civil society and democratic opposition in the region of Mahiliou Former Minister of Interior and former Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration Orchestrated the unresolved disappearances of Yury Zacharanka Viktar Hanchar Anatoly Krasovski and Dzmitry Zavadski in Belarus in 1999 2000 Deputy rector of Minsk Institute of Management former Minister of Tourism and Sports former Minister of Interior and former Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration Remained on the sanctions list after 2016 Smolenski Nikolai Zinovievich Deputy Head of CIS Anti terrorism Centre and former Deputy Head of the KGB in charge of staff and the organisation of their tasks Responsible for the repressive work of the KGB against civil society and democratic opposition Ambassador of the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs former chairman of the KGB He threatened peaceful activists before demonstrations in 2006 and was one of the main actors in the repression after the fraudulent elections of the democratic opposition and of civil society He was also the initiator of repressive legislative amendments and laws against the democratic opposition and civil society Sukhov Dmitri Vyacheslavovich Lieutenant Colonel operative of the military counter intelligence of the KGB He falsified evidence and used threats and excessive force in order to extort confessions from opposition activists in the KGB detention centre in Minsk after the crackdown on the post election protest demonstration in Minsk on 19 December 2010 Svorob Nikolai Konstantinovich Former Deputy Head of the KGB He has been actively involved in the repression of civil society in Belarus He was responsible for the repressive work of the KGB against civil society and democratic opposition Tolstashov Aleksandr Olegovich Head of the KGB Board on Protection of the Constitutional Order and Fight Against Terrorism Responsible for the repressive work of the KGB against civil society and democratic opposition Tretiak Petr Vladimirovich Former Deputy Head of the KGB and Member of the Commission of the Security Council on radio frequencies He has been actively involved in the repression of civil society in Belarus He was responsible for the repressive work of the KGB against civil society and democratic opposition Traulko Pavel Lieutenant Colonel former operative of the military counter intelligence of the KGB then head of the press service of the newly formed Investigative Committee of Belarus He falsified evidence and used threats in order to extort confessions from opposition activists in the KGB detention centre in Minsk after the crackdown on the post election protest demonstration in Minsk on 19 December 2010 He was directly responsible for the use of cruel inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment and for denying the right to a fair trial His actions constituted a direct violation of the international commitments of Belarus in the field of human rights Tertel Ivan Stanislavovich Deputy Head of the KGB in charge of economic crime and the fight against corruption Responsible for the repressive work of the KGB against civil society and the democratic opposition be Head of the Presidential Security Service Under his supervision several members of his service took part in interrogations of political activists after the demonstrations on 19 December 2010 Voropaev Igor Grigorievich Deputy General Manager for Scientific work of the company Research Institute on Electronic Computers under the control of the State military industrial committee former Head of the KGB Board on State Communications Responsible for the repressive work of the KGB against civil society and democratic opposition Vegera Viktor Pavlovich First Deputy Head of the KGB Responsible for the repressive work of the KGB against civil society and democratic opposition He was the initiator of the case of the political prisoner Ales Byaliatski one of the most prominent human rights defenders Chief of the Belarusian Human Rights Centre Vyasna Vice President of FIDH A Byalyatski was active in defending and providing assistance to those who suffered from repression in relation to the 19 December 2010 elections and the crackdown on civil society and on the democratic opposition Volkov Sergei Mikhailovich Former Head of the KGB Board of Intelligence Has been actively involved in the repression of civil society in Belarus Responsible for the repressive work of the KGB against civil society and democratic opposition Yermolitski Sergei Vladimirovich Director of the prison camp in Shklov He was responsible for the inhuman treatment of the detainees and persecution of former presidential candidate Nikolai Statkevich who was imprisoned in relation to the 19 December 2010 events and other inmates Zaitsev Vadim Iurievich Head of the KGB Responsible for transforming the KGB into the main organ of repression of civil society and of the democratic opposition Responsible for the dissemination through the media of false information about the demonstrators on 19 December 2010 alleging that they had brought materials to be used as weapons He personally threatened the lives and health of the wife and child of former presidential candidate Andrei Sannikov He is the main initiator of orders for unlawful harassment of democratic opposition the torture of political opponents and the mistreatment of prisoners Zakharov Alexey Ivanovich Former Head of Military Counter intelligence Board of the KGB Has been actively involved in the repression of civil society in Belarus He was responsible for the repressive work of the KGB against civil society and the democratic opposition Under his supervision KGB staff took part in interrogations of political activists following the demonstration on 19 December 2010 Remaining EU sanctions list after 2016 Name Position Accusations Remarks Uladzimir Navumau Former Minister of Interior and also former Head of the President s Security Service Failed to take action to investigate the case of the unresolved disappearances of Yury Zacharanka Viktar Hanchar Anatoly Krasovski and Dzmitry Zavadski in Belarus in 1999 2000 As a Minister of Interior he was responsible for the repression of peaceful demonstrations until his retirement on 6 April 2009 for health reasons Dmitri Pavlichenko Head of the Belarusian Special Rapid Reaction Unit Key person in the unresolved disappearances of Yury Zacharanka Viktar Hanchar Anatoly Krasovski and Dzmitry Zavadski in Belarus in 1999 2000 Viktor Sheiman Head of the Management Department of the Presidential Administration Responsible for the unresolved disappearances of Yury Zacharanka Viktar Hanchar Anatoly Krasovski and Dzmitry Zavadski in Belarus in 1999 2000 Former Minister of Interior and former Deputy Head of the Administration of the President of Belarus Orchestrated the unresolved disappearances of Yury Zacharanka Viktar Hanchar Anatoly Krasovski and Dzmitry Zavadski in Belarus in 1999 2000 Sanctions after the disputed 2020 presidential election After the disputed Belarusian presidential elections of 2020 several western countries announced sanctions against Belarusian officials Latvia has been the first country to do so on 31 August joined soon by Lithuania and Estonia The list included President Lukashenko and all Central Election Committee members as well as other senior state official and security forces commanders The Baltic states were later followed by Canada the United Kingdom the United States the European Union Switzerland and New Zealand These countries have sanctioned various numbers of Belarusian officials for their roles in the fraudulent August 9 2020 Belarus presidential election or the subsequent violent crackdown on peaceful protesters or under similar motivations More sanctions against Belarusian individuals and entities followed after the Russian invasion of Ukraine some of them were introduced due to Belarus s role in it The European Union Switzerland the United Kingdom the United States and Canada expanded their existing sanction packages while Australia Japan New Zealand and Ukraine introduced their sanctions Some of the invasion related sanctions against Belarusian individuals and entities are listed in the Russian sanctions lists of these countries Timeline of the post election sanctions 2020 On 14 August EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell announced that the EU would bring in sanctions against Belarusian officials responsible for violence and falsification Charles Michel President of the European Council went further on 19 August saying the EU would soon impose sanctions on a substantial number of individuals responsible for violence repression and election fraud The European Commission announced it would divert 53 million earmarked for Belarus away from the government and towards civil society victims of the state crackdown on protesters and the country s fight against the coronavirus pandemic On 18 August the Lithuanian parliament agreed to impose economic sanctions On 19 August the prime minister of Slovakia stated that the Government of Slovakia introduced sanctions against Belarus in the new legislative session On 31 August Estonia Latvia and Lithuania imposed sanctions on 30 Belarusian officials including Alexander Lukashenko On 10 September the EU sanctions on Belarus were delayed by a separate dispute between Cyprus and Turkey which has occupied the northern part of Cyprus since July 1974 Greece and Cyprus were pushing for a sanction on Turkey in a dispute in the Eastern Mediterranean On 25 September Estonia Latvia and Lithuania imposed sanctions on around a hundred Belarus officials On 29 September personal sanctions against members of the regime including Alexander and Viktor Lukashenko were imposed by the UK and Canada 8 and 11 individuals were affected respectively The sanctions included travel bans and asset freezes On 2 October the EU imposed sanctions on 40 Belarusian officials Lukashenko was exempted from the sanctions as the EU aims to encourage Lukashenko to engage in talks with the opposition Hours later Belarus retaliated with sanctions against EU officials On the same day the US imposed sanctions on 8 Belarusian individuals On 13 October Switzerland joined the EU sanctions against 40 Belarusian individuals On 15 October Canada imposed sanctions on 31 additional Belarusian individuals On 6 November the EU imposed sanctions on Alexander Lukashenko and 14 other officials for repression of the pro democracy movement following August s contested election Their assets in EU member states were frozen and they are banned from entering EU territory On the same day Canada imposed sanctions on 13 Belarusian individuals On 19 November the EU announced an upcoming list of sanctions targeting the country s firms and entrepreneurs that finance Lukashenko According to Borrell up to date no positive signs were seen from the regime and the new measures will increase economic pressure on the self proclaimed president On 20 November Iceland Liechtenstein Norway North Macedonia Montenegro Albania and Ukraine aligned themselves with the October EU sanctions against 40 Belarusian individuals Separately on the same day Estonia Latvia and Lithuania imposed sanctions on 28 Belarusian individuals On 24 November Iceland Liechtenstein Norway North Macedonia Montenegro and Albania aligned themselves with the November EU sanctions against 15 Belarusian individuals On 11 December Switzerland joined the November EU sanctions against 15 Belarusian individuals On 17 December the EU imposed a third round of economic sanctions on dozens of Belarusian individuals and entities They include restrictive measures imposed on the head of Belarusian state television Ivan Eismont Deputy Prime Minister Anatol Sivak Information Minister Ihar Lutsky and 26 other individuals The sanctions package also included asset freezes on seven Belarusian companies including arms exporter CJSC Beltechexport On 23 December the US imposed sanctions on one Belarusian individual and four entities including Central Election Commission of Belarus 2021 to early 2022 On 26 January 2021 Iceland Liechtenstein Norway North Macedonia Montenegro and Albania aligned themselves with the December EU sanctions against Belarusian individuals and entities On 18 February the UK imposed sanctions on 27 additional individuals On 22 March Switzerland imposed sanctions on 29 Belarusian individuals and seven entities On 24 March Iceland Liechtenstein Norway North Macedonia Montenegro and Albania aligned themselves with the February EU decision to prolong the restrictive measures concerning Belarus On 25 March Estonia Latvia and Lithuania put another 118 Belarusian individuals on their sanctions lists On 17 June New Zealand introduced travel bans against more than fifty individuals associated with the Lukashenko regime including himself and key members of his administration the electoral commission the police and other security forces On 21 June following the forced diversion of Ryanair Flight 4978 several countries added some Belarusian individuals and entities to their sanctions lists Namely the EU imposed a fourth round of restrictive measures against 78 Belarusian individuals including prominent government officials and business figures and seven entities with among others BelAZ and MAZ automobile plants the UK imposed sanctions against 11 individuals and 2 entities the US imposed sanctions on 16 Belarusian individuals and five entities namely Okrestina detention centre Internal Troops of Belarus GUBOPiK KGB Investigative Committee of Belarus Canada imposed sanctions on 17 Belarusian individuals and five entities On June 24 the EU also imposed sanctions on Belarusian economy On 6 July Iceland Liechtenstein Norway North Macedonia Montenegro and Albania aligned themselves with the 21 June EU sanctions against Belarusian individuals and entities On 7 July Switzerland imposed sanctions on 78 individuals and seven organizations from Belarus On 12 13 July Norway Iceland North Macedonia Montenegro and Albania aligned themselves with the EU sanctions against Belarusian economy On 21 July the UK imposed sanctions on the Agat Electromechanical Plant On 9 August anniversary of the 2020 election several countries added some Belarus related individuals and entities to their sanctions lists Namely the UK announced aviation restrictions trade and financial measures and designated businessman Mikhail Gutseriyev the US sanctioned 23 individuals government officials kickboxer Dmitry Shakuta directors of several state owned enterprises businessmen such as Mikalai Varabei and Aliaksei Aleksin and high ranking members of law enforcement and 21 entities Belaruskali Grodno tobacco factory and Belarus Olympic Committee among others contributing to the situation in Belarus Canada imposed trade and financial restrictions On 11 August Switzerland joined the June EU economic sanctions On 2 December after the start of the border crisis several countries expanded their Belarus related sanctions lists Namely the EU imposed a fifth round of restrictive measures against 17 individuals targeting judges and top Belarusian officials and 11 companies Belavia among others the UK imposed sanctions against 8 Belarusian individuals and Belaruskali the US designated 20 Belarusian individuals Alexander Lukashenko s middle son Dmitry GUBOPiK and State Border Committee officials Belarusian sports official and politician Dzmitry Baskau and Dmitriy Korzyuk the deputy Minister of internal affairs and 12 entities identified three aircraft as blocked property and imposed sovereign debt restrictions on Belarus Canada blacklisted 24 individuals and 6 entities of Belarus On 10 December the United States Department of State designated two heads of Akrestsina Detention Center both had already been designated by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury On 20 December Switzerland imposed sanctions against 17 individuals and 11 companies related to Belarus The new Swiss sanctions are identical to the 2 December EU designations On 22 December Iceland Liechtenstein Norway North Macedonia Montenegro Serbia and Albania aligned themselves with the 2 December EU sanctions against Belarusian individuals and entities On 3 February 2022 the United States imposed visa restrictions on Belarusian nationals involved in extraterritorial counter dissident activity including the Summer Olympics incident with Krystsina Tsimanouskaya under the Khashoggi Ban Sanctions related to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine Alexander Lukashenko and his family Name Remarks Alexander Lukashenko President of Belarus Viktor Lukashenko The eldest son of Alexander Lukashenko National security advisor member of the Security Council of Belarus President of the Belarus Olympic Committee Liliya Lukashenka Wife of Viktar Lukashenka and daughter in law of Aliaksandr Lukashenka According to the EU she has been closely connected with a number of high profile companies which have benefitted from the Lukashenka regime including Dana Holdings Dana Astra Belkhudozhpromysly concern and Eastleigh trading Ltd She was present alongside her husband Viktar Lukashenka on Aliaksandr Lukashenka s secret inauguration in September 2020 She is therefore benefiting from and supporting the Lukashenka regime Dmitry Lukashenko Son of Aliaksandr Lukashenka businessman Nikolai Lukashenko The youngest son of Aliaksandr Lukashenka Galina Lukashenko Wife of Aliaksandr Lukashenka Presidential Administration Name Remarks Igor Sergeenko Then Head of the Presidential Administration before 2024 Maxim Ryzhenkov Then First Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration be Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of the Republic of Belarus Olga Chupris Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of Belarus Dmitry Krutoi Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of Belarus Igor Lutski Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration earlier Minister of Information of the Republic of Belarus 2020 2021 Natalia Petkevich Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration of Belarus 2004 2009 First First Deputy Head of the Administration 2009 2010 ru Head of the Management Department of the Presidential Administration 2021 2022 Viktor Sheiman Head of the Management Department of the Presidential Administration before 2021 later Special Assistant Aide to the President be Deputy Head of the Management Department of the Presidential Administration Security Council of Belarus Name Remarks Alexander Volfovich State Secretary of Security Council of Belarus since 2021 earlier Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Belarus 2020 2021 Andrei Ravkov Belarus Ambassador to Azerbaijan former Secretary of State of the Security Council of Belarus 2020 earlier Minister of Defence ru Deputy Secretary of State of the Security Council of Belarus Members of Elections Commissions Name Remarks Ihar Karpenka Chairman of the Central Electoral Commission since 2021 former Minister of Education 2016 2021 Lidia Yermoshina Chairwoman of the Central Electoral Commission 1996 2021 Vadim Ipatov Deputy Chairman of the Central Electoral Commission Elena Dmukhailo Secretary of the Central Electoral Commission be Member of the Central Electoral Commission Olga Doroshenko Member of the Central Electoral Commission Andrey Gurzhiy Member of the Central Electoral Commission be Member of the Central Electoral Commission be Secretary of the Central Electoral Commission be Member of the Central Electoral Commission Head of the Main Department of Justice of the Minsk City Executive Committee Oleg Slizhevski Member of the Central Electoral Commission Minister of Justice 2011 2021 be Member of the Central Electoral Commission Marina Rakhmanova Member of the Central Electoral Commission ru Member of the Central Electoral Commission and Mogilev State A Kuleshov University rector Alena Baldouskaya Member of the Central Electoral Commission Yekaterina Fedosenko Member of the Central Electoral Commission Alena Kuntsevich Member of the Central Electoral Commission Alyaksandr Tkachou Member of the Central Electoral Commission Alyaksandr Yuzhyk Member of the Central Electoral Commission Judges Constitutional Court of Belarus Name Remarks Pyotr Miklashevich Chairman of the Constitutional Court of Belarus ru Deputy Chairwoman of the Constitutional Court of Belarus be Judge of the Constitutional Court of Belarus be Judge of the Constitutional Court of Belarus Tatyana Boiko Judge of the Constitutional Court of Belarus ru Judge of the Constitutional Court of Belarus be Judge of the Constitutional Court of Belarus be Judge of the Constitutional Court of Belarus be Judge of the Constitutional Court of Belarus Supreme Court of Belarus Name Remarks ru Chairman of the Supreme Court of Belarus Valeriy Kalinkovich First Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Court Andrei Zabara Deputy Chairman Chairman of the Judicial Collegium for Civil Cases of the Supreme Court of the Republic of Belarus be Deputy Chairwoman of the Supreme Court Yury Kobets Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Court Valiantsina Kulik Judge of the Supreme Court be Judge of the Supreme Court Hanna Sakalouskaya Judge of the Supreme Court Vladimir Davydov Judge of the Supreme Court Svetlana Bondarenko Judge of the Supreme Court since 2023 earlier judge at Maskowski District in Minsk before 2021 and judge at the Minsk Regional Court 2021 2023 Lower courts Name Remarks Petr Orlov Judge at the Minsk City Court Valentina Zenkevich Judge at the Minsk City Court Sergey Khripach Judge at the Minsk City Court Alena Ananich Judge at the Minsk City Court Nina Shestak Judge at the Brest Regional Court Vera Filonik Judge at the Brest Regional Court Evgeni Bregan Judge at the Brest Regional Court Siarhei Yepikhau Sergei Yepikhov Judge at the Minsk Regional Court Vyacheslav Tuleyko Judge at the Minsk Regional Court Irina Maiko Judge at the Minsk Regional Court Nikolai Dolya Judge at the Gomel Regional Court Oleg Khoroshko Judge at the Gomel Regional Court Anatoliy Sotnikov Judge at the Gomel Regional Court Alexey Khlyshchenkov Judge at the Gomel Regional Court Vasili Begun Judge at the Gomel Regional Court Dmitriy Bubenchik Judge at the Grodno Regional Court Vasily Skok Judge at the Grodno Regional Court Igor Shvedov Judge at the Mogilev Regional Court Igor Zemtsov Judge at the Mogilev Regional Court Aliaksandr Abashyn Judge at the Vitebsk Regional Court Aleksandr Petrash Chairman of the Maskowski District Court Minsk Yuliya Blizniuk Deputy Chairwoman of the Frunzyenski District Court Minsk Aliaksandr Rudzenka Aleksandr Rudenko Deputy Chairman of the Kastrychnitski District Court Minsk Marina Zapasnik Deputy Chairwoman of the Leninsky District Court Minsk Aleksandr Yakunchihin Deputy Chairman of the Savyetski District Court Minsk Svetlana Vorotynskaya Deputy Chairwoman of the Chyhunachny District Court Vitsebsk Natalia Buguk Judge Frunzyenski District Minsk Mariya Yerokhina Judge Frunzyenski District Minsk Andrei Mlechko Judge Frunzyenski District Minsk Alena Elena Zhyvitsa Judge Kastrychnitski District Minsk Olga Neborskaya Judge Kastrychnitski District Minsk Tatsiana Matyl Tatiana Motyl Judge Maskowski District Minsk Tatiana Pirozhnikova Judge Maskowski District Minsk Anastasia Achalava Judge Leninsky District Minsk Tatiana Shotik Judge Leninsky District Minsk Natalia Dedkova Judge Partyzanski District Minsk Anastasia Kulik Judge Pyershamayski District Minsk Maksim Trusevich Judge Pyershamayski District Minsk Mikhail Yurchenko Judge Pyershamayski District Minsk Marina Fedorova Judge Savyetski District Minsk Vera Golovkova Judge Savyetski District Minsk Siarhei Shatsila Judge Savyetski District Minsk Aliaksandr Vouk Aleksandr Volk Judge Savyetski District Minsk Yulia Hustyr Judge Tsentralny District Minsk Dzmitriy Karsiuk Dmitriy Karsyuk Judge Tsentralny District Minsk Ivan Kostyan Judge Tsentralny District Minsk Viktoriya Shabunia Judge Tsentralny District Minsk Elena Nekrasova Judge Zavodski District Minsk Andrei Hrushko Grushko Judge Leninsky District Brest Andrei Lahunovich Lagunovich Judge Savyetski District Gomel Alexander Mokhorev Judge Savyetski District Gomel Olesya Osipova Judge Central District Gomel Anna Leusik Judge Leninsky District Grodno Alena Elena Litvina Judge Leninsky District Mogilev Elena Gormash Judge of the Court of Babruysk District and Babruysk Anna Osipenko Judge of the Court of Babruysk District and Babruysk Anton Dudal Judge of the Court of Babruysk District and Babruysk Yekaterina Gruda Judge of the Court of Baranavichy District and Baranavichy Inna Pavlovskaya Judge of the Court of Baranavichy District and Baranavichy Vyacheslav Eliseenko Judge of the Dokshytsy District Court Andrei Tarasevich Judge of the Hlybokaye District Court Ludmila Vashchenko Judge of the Hlybokaye District Court Gennadiy Kudlasevich Judge of the Ivanava District Court Maksim Filatau Filatov Judge of the Lida District Court Aleksei Irshin Judge of the Maladzechna District Court Olga Dubovik Judge of the Maladzechna District Court Vitali Sinilo Chairman of the Masty District Court Galina Knizhonak Judge of the Mazyr District Court Valiantsina Novikava Judge of the Mazyr District Court Zinaida Balabolava Judge of the Novopolotsk City Court Vadzim Mazol Chairman of the Pruzhany District Court Iryna Pradun Chairwoman of the Rahachow District Court Stanislav Ivanyutenko Judge of the Rechytsa District Court Alexander Tarakanov Judge of the Shklow District Court Viktor Novik Judge of the Zhabinka District Court Nikolai Sergeevich Judge of the Zhlobin District Court Propaganda and information systems Name Remarks Ivan Eismant Head of the National State Television and Radio Company of Belarus Alexander Zimovsky Head of the National State Television and Radio Company of Belarus 2005 2010 Natallia Eismant Press secretary of Alexander Lukashenko Vladimir Pertsov Minister of Information of the Republic of Belarus 2021 2024 Vladimir Rusakevich Minister of Information of the Republic of Belarus 2003 2009 ru Minister of Communications and Informatization of the Republic of Belarus Igor Buzovski Deputy Minister of Information Pavel Liohki Deputy Minister of Information img