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Sanctions will be imposed on Interior Minister Yuriy Karayev and his deputy, Aliaksandr Barsukov, as well as various security officials, according to the United States, who have played a leading role in cracking down on the protests. Among them are the commander of the internal army, Yuri Nazaranka, and his deputy, Chazalbek Atabekav, and the head of the OMON militia, Minsk Dzmitry Balaba, and the head of the capital’s militia, Ivan Kubrakov.
The restraint will also apply to the vice president of the Central Election Commission, Vadim Ipatav, and the secretary Alena Dmuchail, accused of ignoring the numerous irregularities in the presidential elections on August 9 and declaring the victory of the authoritarian head of state Aliaksandr Lukashenko. .
“The democratic aspirations of the Belarusian people to elect their leaders and exercise their rights peacefully have been subjected to violence and persecution by Belarusian officials,” Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said in a statement.
“The United States and its international partners are united to pay back those who have destroyed democracy in Belarus for many years,” Mnuchin said.
As in the European Union sanctions list, which was published on Friday, the US measures will not apply directly to Lukashenko.
The document states that any property of sanctioned persons under the jurisdiction of the US will be blocked.In addition, Americans and US entities, including international banks with branches in the United States, will be prohibited from doing business with these individuals.
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