The Council of the EU has decided to prolong the restrictive measures linked to internal repression in Belarus and regime’s support for Russia for another year, until 28 February 2025.
According to the Council statement, the sanctions include an asset freeze and prohibition to make funds available. Natural persons are additionally subject to a ban on travel. At present, there are 233 people and 37 entities listed.
Belarus remains subject to targeted economic sanctions, which include restrictions in the financial sector, trade, dual-use goods, technology and telecommunication, energy, transport and others.
EU sanctions targered key and prominent figures in the political leadership, judicial branch and economic actors un Belarus, including:
• President Aleksandr Lukashenko
• Viktor Lukashenko, National Security Advisor and son of President Lukashenko
• propaganda outlets
• senior officials of the ministry of the interior and its troops
• the Chair of the Council of the Republic of the National Assembly of Belarus
• the Prosecutor General
• the Chairman of the national state television and radio company
