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Situation beyond the eastern border

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On 2 December 2021, the European Union adopted another, fifth package of sanctions in view of the situation in Belarus.

15.12.2021

The sanctions were introduced in response to A. Lukashenko’s regime’s repressions against civil society, undermining of the principles of democracy, and hybrid attack against the EU with the use of illegal migration through Belarus.

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The package consists in imposing restrictive measures on 17 individuals and 11 entities (totalling 28 entries). The restrictive measures include travel ban, freezing of assets located in the EU, and prohibition to engage in commercial, technical and financial cooperation with the persons and entities listed in the annex.

 

The sanctions list includes:

- representatives of Belarusian border guards (7 persons),

- prosecutors and judges giving politically motivated rulings against Belarusian opposition leaders and activists, and officers of the financial police (8 persons),

- chairman of the management board of disinformation-spreading state-controlled TV channel ONT,

- spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus,

- airlines engaged in the transport of migrants from Africa and the Middle East (including the Belarusian state-owned airline Belavia) (2 entities),

- hotels and travel agencies organising migrants’ stay in Belarus (5 entities),

- Separate Service for Active Measures – ASAM (1 entity),

- state-owned enterprises in the petrochemical and chemical sectors (3 entities).  

 

Text of the Decision: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv%3AOJ.LI.2021.430.01.0016.01.ENG&toc=OJ%3AL%3A2021%3A430I%3ATOC

 

On the same day, as part of a coordinated response to the Belarusian regime’s actions, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada also imposed their sanctions.

The sanctions list consists of 35 entries. The list includes, for instance:

- representatives of the regime responsible for internal affairs (in connection with inspiring illegal migration),

- representatives of the regime responsible for fighting crime (in connection with repressions against civil society),

- representatives of the regime responsible for corruption (including A. Lukashenko’s son Dmitry Lukashenko),

- state-owned enterprises supporting the regime in its hybrid activities (in the chemical, tourism, transport, and defence sectors),

- representative of the Belarusian Olympic Committee (for repressions against athletes expressing pro-democratic political views),

- selected Belarusian banks providing financial support for the regime’s actions.

 

US information: https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy0512

 

 

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