Canada imposes sanctions on Belarus targeting 24 individuals, 7 entities

<p> MINSK, Dec 3 - PrimePress. Canada has imposed new sanctions on 24 individuals and seven legal entities of Belarus. This is reported on the website of the Canadian government. </p> <p>   </p> <p> “Effective immediately, Canada is imposing sanctions against Belarusian officials and entities in response to gross and systematic human rights violations that have been committed in Belarus.” </p> <p>   </p> <p> “The Special Economic Measures (Belarus) Regulations impose on listed persons a prohibition on any transaction (effectively, an asset freeze) by prohibiting persons in Canada, and Canadians outside of Canada, from engaging in any activity related to any property of these listed persons or providing financial or related services to them. The individuals listed in the schedule to the regulations are also rendered inadmissible to Canada under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act.” </p> <p>   </p> <p> Canada’s Belarus sanctions list has been extended to include the following entities </p> <p> AGAT Electromechanical Plant (Minsk, a defence industry enterprise), </p> <p>   </p> <p> Beltechexport (Minsk, export-import of military products and services), </p> <p>   </p> <p> Gardservice (Minsk, security company), </p> <p>   </p> <p> Peleng (Minsk, optical instruments manufacturer), </p> <p>   </p> <p> President's Sports Club, </p> <p>   </p> <p> state enterprise TsentrKurort (Minsk). </p> <p>   </p> <p> #140 Aircraft Repair Plant (Borisov, Minsk Oblast, aircraft repair plant). </p> <p>   </p> <p> Individuals blacklisted by Canada: </p> <p>   </p> <p> Sergey Yepikhov (judge at Minsk District Court), </p> <p>   </p> <p> Natalia Buguk (a judge at the Frunzenski District Court of Minsk), </p> <p>   </p> <p> Alina Kasiyanchyk (assistant prosecutor at the Frunzenski District Court of Minsk). </p> <p>   </p> <p> Maksim Trusevich (a judge at the Minsk Pervomaisky Court), </p> <p>   </p> <p> Dmitry Korsyuk (judge at the Minsk Central District Court), </p> <p>   </p> <p> Andrey Parshin (GUBOPIK chief), </p> <p>   </p> <p> Anatoly Lappo (chairman of the State Border Committee (SBC) of Belarus), </p> <p>   </p> <p> Igor Butkevich (First Deputy Chairman of the State Border Committee (SBC) of Belarus), </p> <p>   </p> <p> Roman Podlinev (deputy chairman of the State Border Committee), </p> <p>   </p> <p> Igor Pechen (deputy chairman of the State Border Committee), </p> <p>   </p> <p> Sergey Novikov (deputy chairman of the State Border Committee), </p> <p>   </p> <p> Konstantin Molostov (Head of Grodno Border Guard Unit), </p> <p>   </p> <p> Igor Gutnik (head of the Brest Border Group), </p> <p>   </p> <p> Dmitry Lukashenko (chairman of the President’s Sports Club), </p> <p>   </p> <p> Oleg Larin (a department chief at GUBOPIK), </p> <p>   </p> <p> Denis Chemodanov (a department chief at GUBOPIK), </p> <p>   </p> <p> Mikhail Bedunkevich (GUBOPiK deputy chief), </p> <p>   </p> <p> Vasily Sysoyev (Chairman of the Agriculture and Food Committee at Minsk Oblast Administration), </p> <p>   </p> <p> Dmitry Kovach (a deputy department chief at GUBOPIK), </p> <p>   </p> <p> Alexander Zhivlyuk (a department chief at GUBOPIK). </p> <p>   </p> <p> Andrey Makarevich (a department chief at GUBOPIK), </p> <p>   </p> <p> Vladimir Vashkevich (a department chief at GUBOPIK), </p> <p>   </p> <p> Alexander Aleksa (deputy head of the Interior Ministry’s Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime and Corruption (GUBOPiK), </p> <p>   </p> <p> As previously reported, after the August 2020 presidential election in Belarus a political crisis began. The EU, UK, US and Canada has been gradually imposing sanctions against Belarusian officials as well as individual businesses, accusing Minsk of election rigging and abuse of human rights. The EU has imposed individual and economic sectoral sanctions since 25 June 2021. In particular, EU restrictions target Belarus’ trade in oil products, potash fertilizers, raw materials and equipment for the production of tobacco and tobacco products. </p> <p>   </p> <p> The U.S. Department of the Treasury on 3 June 2021 re-imposed full blocking sanctions against nine Belarusian state-owned enterprises previously granted relief under a series of General Licenses by the Treasury Department (Belneftekhim Concern and its U.S. representative office, as well as Belneftekhim-controlled Belshina, Grodno Azot, Grodno Khimvolokno, Lakokraska, Naftan, Polotsk-Steklovolokno, and Belarusian Oil Trading House). </p> <p>   </p> <p> On 9 August 2021, the United States imposed sanctions on major sectors of the Belarusian economy, including the potash and oil refining industry, government securities and money market instruments, as well as dual-use goods and technologies and the aviation industry. </p> <p>   </p> <p> On 2 December 2021, the EU, the US, the UK and Canada adopted new sanctions against Belarus. In particular, the U.S. expanded its Belarus sanctions list by including another 20 Belarusian individuals, 12 legal entities and two aircraft; the EU added 17 individuals and 11 legal entities, and the UK imposed sanctions on Belaruskali and eight individuals. End </p>

2021-12-04

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