Last Updated: January 19, 2026
Aleh ULADZIMIRAVICH Matkin
Aliases
Oleg Vladimirovitch MATKIN; Oleg Vladimirovitch Matkin
Position
First Deputy Chief of Staff of Internal Troops and Chief of Staff of Belarus ; Former Head of Penal Correction Department in the Ministry of Internal Affairs,
Official reason
Matkin is the former Head of the Penal Correction Department that has authority over Ministry of Internal Affairs (MoIA) detention facilities. In this position, he is responsible for the inhumane and degrading treatment, amounting to serious human rights violations, including torture, carried out in the detention facilities following the elections ...
Other Information
The Director Disqualification Sanction was imposed on 09/04/2025.
Date of listing
2020-12-31
Program information
Authority
UK
Program
The Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Regime
UK country specific
Target State
Belarus
Measures
Asset freeze and making available provisions, Trade sanctions, Travel bans, Transport sanctions
Sanctions Portfolio
• The Regulations impose financial sanctions through a targeted asset freeze on designated persons and prohibitions on making funds or economic resources available. This involves the freezing of funds and economic resources (non-monetary assets, such as property or vehicles) of designated persons and ensuring that funds and economic resources are n...
Official Information
This sanctions regime is aimed at encouraging the Government of Belarus to: • respect democratic principles and institutions and the separation of powers and the rule of law in Belarus • refrain from actions, policies or activities which repress civil society in Belarus • investigate properly and institute criminal proceedings against the persons ...
Additional Details
Licensing and exception provisions are contained in Part 6 of the Regulations.
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