List of people and organizations sanctioned in relation to human rights violations in Belarus
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 regime of president Alexander Lukashenko and their companies have been subject to various sanctions involving asset freeze and travel bans.
US sanctions[1]
Individuals
Political leadership, propaganda
| Name | Position | Usual accusations | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Lukashenko | President of Belarus | ||
| Lidia Yermoshina | Head of the Central Election Commission of Belarus since 1996 | Main person 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 | Usual accusations | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yury Podobed | 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 | |
| Stepan Sukhorenko | 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 | Usual 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 | |
| Viktar Halavanau | Former Minister of Justice | Formal justification of political repressions and electoral fraud |
Companies
| Name | Remarks |
|---|---|
| Belneftekhim | including Belneftekhim USA Inc. |
| Polotsk-Steklovolokno | |
| Grodno Azot | |
| Lakokraska | |
| Belarusian Oil Trade House | |
| Naftan | |
| Grodno Khimvolokno | |
| Belshina |
EU sanctions list following 2006 presidential elections[2]
Senior state leadership
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Alexander Lukashenka | President of Belarus |
| Gennady Nevyglas | 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 |
| Aleksandr 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 |
| Vladimir Konoplyev | Chairman of the Lower House of the Parliament |
| Nikolai Cherginets | Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Upper House |
| Sergei Kostyan | 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 | Сhairman of the Elections Commission of the Brest Region |
| Mikhasev Vladimir Ilyich | Сhairman of the CEC of the Gomel Region |
| Luchina Leonid Aleksandrovich | Сhairman of the CEC of the Grodno Region |
| Karpenko Igor Vasilievich | Сhairman of the CEC of Minsk |
| Kurlovich Vladimir Anatolievich | Сhairman of the CEC of the Minsk Region |
| Metelitsa Nikolai Timofeevich | Сhairman of the CEC of the Mogilev Region |
| Pishchulenok Mikhail Vasilievich | Сhairman of the CEC of the Vitebsk Region |
State security services
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Stepan Sukhorenko | Chairman of KGB |
| Vasily Dementei | First Deputy, KGB |
| Viktor Sheyman | State Secretary of the Security Council |
| Dmitry Pavlichenko (Pavliuchenko) | Head of the Special Response Group at the Ministry of the Interior (SOBR) |
| Uladzimir Navumau | Minister of the Interior |
| Yuri Podobed | Lieutenant-Colonel of Militia, Unit for Special Purposes (OMON), Ministry of Internal Affairs |
Judiciary
| Name | Position |
|---|---|
| Viktar Halavanau | 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 following 2010 presidential elections[3]
University rectors
| Name | Position | Reasons for listing | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Siarhei Ablameika | Rector of the Belarusian State University | Politically-motivated expulsions of students | |
| Tamara Alpeeva | 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 | |
| Mechyslau Chasnouski | Rector of Brest State University | Politically-motivated expulsions of students | |
| Piotr Kukharchyk | Rector of Maxim Tank Belarusian State Pedagogical University | Politically-motivated expulsions of students | |
State propaganda
| Name | Position | Reasons for listing | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liliya Ananich | 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 United States sanctions |
| Nikolai Cherginets | 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" | |
| Gennadi 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." | |
| Vadzim Hihin | Editor-in-Chief of Belaruskaya Dumka, 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" | |
| Yuri Koziyatko | Stolichnoe Televidenie, 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[4] |
| Yuri Prokopov | 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 | Minister of Information, 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" | |
| Aleksandr Bazanov | 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." | |
| Siarhei Gardzienka | 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" | |
| Aleksei Gusev | Information and Analytical Centre of the President's Administration, 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" | |
| Alena Kolas | Information and Analytical Centre of the Presidential Administration, Deputy Director | ||
| Lev Krishtapovich | Information and Analytical Centre of the Presidential Administration, Deputy Director | ||
| Igor Laptionok | 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" | |
| Anatol Lemiashonak | Respublika, 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" | |
| Mikhail Lebedik | 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" | |
| Hanna Shadryna | Sovetskaya Belorussiya – Belarus' Segodnya, Former Deputy Editor-in-Chief | ||
| Aleksandr Taranda | Sovetskaya Belorussiya – Belarus' Segodnya, Editor-in-Chief | ||
| Halina Tarapetskaya | 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.[5] 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.[6] |
| Dmitry Lukashenko | Businessman, son of president Alexander Lukashenko | ||
Judges and state prosecution
| Name | Position | Reasons for listing | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akulich, Sviatlana | Judge of the Pukhavichy District Court | Politically-motivated administrative and criminal sanctions against representatives of civil society | |
| Aliaksandrau, Dzmitry | Judge of the Supreme Economic Court | He sustained the ban of an independent radio station | |
| Ananich, Alena | Judge at the Pyershamayski District Court of the city of Minsk | Sentencing protests participants in violation of the legislation | |
| Arkhipov, Aleksandr | Prosecutor of the Minsk Region | Repression of civil society | |
| Bodak, Alla | 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 | |
| Bolovnev, Nikolai | Judge at the Zavodski District Court of the city of Minsk | Judicial repression of the peaceful demonstrators on 19 December 2010 | |
| Bondarenko, Sergei | 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 | |
| Baranouski, Andrei | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aleinikov Sergei Aleksandrovich | Major, head of operative unit of penal colony IK-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 | |
| Orlov, Alexandr Vladimirovich | 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. | |
| Bakhmatov, Igor Andreevich | 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 Yuri Zakharenko, Viktor Gonchar, Anatoly Krasovski and Dmitri Zavadski in Belarus in 1999-2000 | Remained on the sanctions list after 2016 |
| Podobed, Yuri Nikolaevich | Head of the security service of the holding company Triple of Yuri Chizh, 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 Yuri Zakharenko, Viktor Gonchar, opposition sponsor Anatoly Krasovski, and journalist Dmitri 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 IK-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 | |
| Sergeenko, Igor Petrovich | 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. | |
| Sivakov, Yury Leonidovich | Former Minister of Interior and former Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration | Orchestrated the unresolved disappearances of Yuri Zakharenko, Viktor Gonchar, Anatoly Krasovski and Dmitri 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 | |
| Sukhorenko, Stepan Nikolaevich | 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. | |
| Vtiurin, Andrei Aleksandrovich | 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[7]
| 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 Yuri Zakharenko, Viktor Gonchar, Anatoly Krasovski and Dmitri 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 | |
| Viktor Sheiman | Head of the Management Department of the Presidential Administration | Responsible for the unresolved disappearances of Yuri Zakharenko, Viktor Gonchar, Anatoly Krasovski and Dmitri Zavadski in Belarus in 1999-2000 | |
| Dmitri Pavlichenko | Head of the Belarusian Special Rapid Reaction Unit | Key person in the unresolved disappearances of Yuri Zakharenko, Viktor Gonchar, Anatoly Krasovski and Dmitri Zavadski in Belarus in 1999-2000 | |
| Yuri Sivakov | Former Minister of Interior and former Deputy Head of the Administration of the President of Belarus | Orchestrated the unresolved disappearances of Yuri Zakharenko, Viktor Gonchar, Anatoly Krasovski and Dmitri Zavadski in Belarus in 1999–2000. |
See also
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