UK imposes sanctions against 27 Belarusian officials
<p> MINSK, Feb 19 - PrimePress. The United Kingdom has chosen to impose sanctions against 27 Belarusian officials on February 18, 2021. The information about it was published on the website of the UK government. </p> <p> </p> <p> The persons included in the list mostly coincide with the ones included in the third package of the European Union sanctions approved on 17 December 2020. </p> <p> </p> <p> Unlike the EU, the UK has not imposed sanctions on Belarusian businessmen and legal entities. </p> <p> </p> <p> In September 2020, the UK imposed personal sanctions against eight Belarusian citizens, including Lukashenko. Persons on the sanctions lists are banned from entering the UK, and their assets in the country are frozen. </p> <p> </p> <p> As previously reported, western countries and their allies impose sanctions on Belarus in connection with the fraudulent presidential election of August 9, 2020, in which Alexander Lukashenko was officially declared the winner for the sixth time with 80.1% of the vote, and the unjustifiably violent crackdown on peaceful protests in the country. End </p>
2021-02-20
Primepress
UK imposes sanctions against 27 Belarusian officials
MINSK, Feb 19 - PrimePress. The United Kingdom has chosen to impose sanctions against 27 Belarusian officials on February 18, 2021. The information about it was published on the website of the UK government.
The persons included in the list mostly coincide with the ones included in the third package of the European Union sanctions approved on 17 December 2020.
Unlike the EU, the UK has not imposed sanctions on Belarusian businessmen and legal entities.
In September 2020, the UK imposed personal sanctions against eight Belarusian citizens, including Lukashenko. Persons on the sanctions lists are banned from entering the UK, and their assets in the country are frozen.
As previously reported, western countries and their allies impose sanctions on Belarus in connection with the fraudulent presidential election of August 9, 2020, in which Alexander Lukashenko was officially declared the winner for the sixth time with 80.1% of the vote, and the unjustifiably violent crackdown on peaceful protests in the country. End