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The United States imposed sanctions against the Belarusian state -owned enterprises
The United States imposed the next sanctions against a number of Belarusian enterprises. According to AP, according to the official representative of the US State Department Victoria Nuland, we are talking about OJSC Naftan, Grodno Nitrogen, Belshina and Grodno Khimvolokno. Nuland noted that this decision is Washington’s response to the maintenance of political prisoners in prisons, as well as the "persecution of political activists, journalists and representatives of civil society."
On June 21, the European Union introduced new economic sanctions adopted in relation to Belarus. By a decision of the EU Council, it is forbidden to sell, supply, transfer or export to Belarus weapons and technical means "which can be used for internal repressions." Rifle weapons, equipment, equipment equipped with water -flows, technology for demolishing barricades and transportation of detainees, other special equipment for suppressing protests, as well as some explosives fall under the embargo.
In addition, the European Union expanded the list of Belarusian persons who are prohibited from entering the EU and whose assets will be frozen if they are found in the EU or in the accounts of European banks. Prosecutors Andrei Kozhevnikov and Kirill Chubkovets, Judge Lyudmila Gracheva and entrepreneur Vladimir Peftiev were added to the list. The last European Union calls the main economic adviser to President Alexander Lukashenko and the key sponsor of his regime.
Peftiev holds the position of chairman of the Council of shareholders of Beltechkport, the largest Belarusian exporter of weapons and military equipment. According to the Western media, he also owns a stake in the Austrian Cell operator Velcom. The EU Council also imposed economic sanctions against three Belarusian enterprises - Beltekhkport CJSC, Sport -Pari CJSC and Chup BT Telecommunications.
The day before, Alexander Lukashenko pardoned nine participants in the December riots in Minsk. According to the press service of Lukashenko, the decision to pardon was made "taking into account the fact that they pleaded guilty and sincerely repented." The surnames of pardoned in the press service were not named, it is only noted that these are people "from among active participants in the riots."
Meanwhile, on July 19, the Minsk City Court left the sentences to the ex-candidates for presidential Nikolai Statkevich and Dmitry Ussu, as well as the wife of Andrei Sannikov, journalist Irina Halip. The sentences to Alexander Klaskovsky, Artem Gribkov, Alexander Kvyatkevich, Dmitry Bulanov, Andrei Poznyak, the head of the election headquarters of the ex-Candidate Vitaly Rymashevsky, the co-chair of the Belarusian Christian Democracy party and the head of the Statkevich Chief of Statkevich Sergey Marceeva were also in force.
On December 19, 2010, the Belarusian opposition organized a protest in Minsk after the end of the voting in the presidential election, the winner of which was the current President Alexander Lukashenko. The authorities detained hundreds of participants in the action, including opposition candidates for president.
