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New Sanctions Against Individuals and Entities in Belarus

Global Affairs Canada has imposed new sanctions against individuals and entities in Belarus in response to human rights violations committed by the Lukashenko regime and their support of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

The Special Economic Measures (Belarus) Regulations prohibit Canadians from dealing in any property of these individuals and entities or providing financial or related services to them. 

The names of the individuals added to the schedule of these regulations are:

  • Galina Rodionovna LUKASHENKO
  • Olga Sergeyevna MARSHALOVICH
  • Artem Dmitrievich BALABA
  • Maxim Dmitrievich BALABA
  • Irina Viktorovna KARPENKOVA
  • Igor Nikolayevich KARPENKOV
  • Vladislav Nikolayevich PAVLENKO
  • Vladimir Vladimirovich CHUDAKOV
  • Anatoly Nikolayevich SAVENOK
  • Andrey Valeryevich ANANENKO

The entities added to the schedule of these regulations are:

  • Special Purpose Police Units (also known as OMON)
  • Main Directorate for Combating Organized Crime and Corruption (also known as GUBOPiK)
  • State Security Committee of the Republic of Belarus (also known as Belarusian KGB)
  • Stankogomel
  • Belarusian Steel Works
  • Legmash
  • KB Unmanned Helicopters
  • LLC Laboratory of Additive Technologies
  • Ruchservomotor
  • Minsk Bearing Plant
  • Minsk Gear Plant
  • Vistan 

Please visit these links for more information:

Press Releases

https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2025/01/minister-joly-announces-new-sanctions-in-response-to-fraudulent-presidential-election-and-ongoing-human-rights-violations-in-belarus.html

https://www.canada.ca/en/global-affairs/news/2025/01/backgrounder-sanctions-against-individuals-and-entities-in-belarus.html

Global Affairs Canada Canadian Sanctions Related to Belarus

https://www.international.gc.ca/world-monde/international_relations-relations_internationales/sanctions/belarus.aspx?lang=eng

 

 

 

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