European Union sanctions 26 individuals and two entities in Belarus
Yesterday, the Council of the European Union decided to impose restrictive measures against another 26 individuals and two legal entities from Belarus in connection with the situation in the country.
Restrictive measures were imposed on various members of the judiciary, namely judges who issued politically motivated sentences, including against citizens who voiced their opinions against the Lukashenka regime, the system and the brutality of Belarusian law enforcement structures, and “are therefore responsible for the repression of civil society and the democratic opposition”, says a press release by the Council of the EU.
Furthermore, restrictive measures were also imposed on the heads and deputy heads of various correctional institutions (prisons and a pre-trial detention centre), and the head of a medical unit in one of these institutions, where “a number of political prisoners face inhumane conditions and are subject to abuses”.
The listings also include individuals who, as business owners, part-owners, associates, or members of boards of directors, have benefitted from the Lukashenka regime, including through the privileges awarded or advantages granted to their companies by the regime, and contributed to circumvent EU sanctions.
Vlate Logistik LLC, a Belarusian transport and storage company, which owns two border checkpoints on the EU-Belarus border and enjoys significant tax advantages and benefits from the Lukashenka regime, is one of the two sanctioned entities, together with its shareholders Aleh Barabanau, Aleh Herasim, Aleh Paitrou, Dzmitry Zamulevich, and Uladzimir Arkadzyeu.
The other sanctioned entity is Ruzekspeditsiya LLC, a Belarusian company which benefits from the regime and facilitates the circumvention of EU sanctions by participating in the delivery of cars prohibited to be sold, supplied, transferred or exported from the EU to Belarus. Ruzekspeditsiya is listed together with its owner, Aleh Arlou.
Those designated on 17 December are subject to an asset freeze and EU citizens and companies are forbidden from making funds available to them. Natural persons are additionally subject to a travel ban, which prevents them from entering or transiting through EU member states.
Altogether, EU restrictive measures against Belarus now apply to 287 individuals and 39 entities.
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