Belarus

16, pom. 411, 412, ul. Lozhinskaya, Minsk, 220125, Belarus; 35 Starinovskaya St., Office 3N, Minsk, 220056, Belarus

192457896, Tax ID No.

Aviakompaniya Rada LLC (Rada) and UE RubiStar (RubiStar) are two private Belarusian cargo airline companies that have long operated in the international transportation of a variety of products, including general cargo, engineering equipment, live animals, and dangerous goods. In addition to their activities in the Belarusian transportation sector, both Rada and RubiStar have provided support to Russian defense activities. More specifically, Rada provided support to internationally designated Russian Private Military Company Wagner (Wagner Group) (designated on June 20, 2017, November 15, 2022, and January 26, 2023) by moving Wagner Group personnel and supplies to and from Africa. Additionally, on multiple occasions in 2024, RubiStar provided mission support to Russia by transporting Russian military personnel to Africa; and relatedly, at the request of a Russian company, RubiStar conducted the shipment of military helicopters to Africa. Finally, Rada has also participated in the trafficking of exotic animals between Mexico and Venezuela. Rada is led by its Commercial Director Dmitry Olegovich Ishchenko (Ishchenko), a Russian national, and its Belarusian Director Ivan Nikolaevich Nareiko, while RubiStar is represented by its Belarusian Director, Evgeniy Ivanovich Mikholap (Mikholap). OFAC is designating Rada, RubiStar, Ishchenko, Nareiko, and Mikholap pursuant to E.O. 14038 for operating or having operated in the transportation sector of the Belarus economy. OFAC is also designating Rada, RubiStar, Ishchenko, Nareiko, and Mikholap pursuant to E.O. 14024 for operating or having operated in the defense and related materiel sector of the Russian Federation economy.

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy2533

2024-08-09

US

Executive Order 14038 Blocking Property of Additional Persons Contributing to the Situation in Belarus

OFAC country specific

Belarus

Blocking Property, Suspending Entry, Trade sanctions

E.O. 14038. On August 9, 2021, the President, invoking the authority of, inter alia, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) (IEEPA), issued E.O. 14038. In E.O. 14038, the President expanded the scope of the national emergency declared in E.O. 13405, finding that the Belarusian regime's harmful activities and long-standing abuses aimed at suppressing democracy and the exercise of human rights and fundamental freedoms in Belarus including illicit and oppressive activities stemming from the August 9, 2020, fraudulent Belarusian presidential election and its aftermath, such as the elimination of political opposition and civil society organizations and the regime's disruption and endangering of international civil air travel—constituted an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States.

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