The Council of the EU adopted on Friday 3 June sanctions against twelve additional individuals and eight companies for their role in the ongoing internal repression and human rights violations in Belarus.
This is the sixth package adopted by the EU Council since October 2020.
The new lists include senior officials, including the Chair of the Belarusian Central Commission for Elections and National Referendums, Ihar Karpenka, businessmen and their families, members of the judiciary, including a judge, and four “propagandists” responsible for disseminating “disinformation and calls for violence”.
The sanctions target companies such as Belaruskali, the country’s main potash producer, and its export subsidiary, Belarusian Potash Co., the state-owned television and radio company Belteleradio, and companies manufacturing tobacco - Inter Tobacco LLC and Grodno Tobacco Factory Neman - and public transport vehicles (Belkommunmash).
In total, the EU restrictive measures against Belarus now apply to 195 individuals and 35 entities.
See the legal act related to the EU Council’s decision: https://aeur.eu/f/1y2 (Original version in French by Camille-Cerise Gessant)