Last Updated: December 4, 2024

Vladimir Viktorovich KALACH

Aliases

Владимир Викторович КАЛАЧ; Уладзімір Віктаравіч КАЛАЧ; Uladzimir Viktaravich KALACH; Vladimir Viktorovitj KALATJ; Uladzimir Viktaravitj KALATJ

Position

Former Deputy Chairman of the State Security Committee (KGB); Aide to the President of the Republic of Belarus - Inspector for Minsk Region/Oblast

Linked to

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv%3AOJ.L_.2022.046.01.0003.01.ENG&toc=OJ%3AL%3A2022%3A046%3ATOC

Official reason

In his former leadership position as Deputy Chairman of the State Security Committee (KGB), he was responsible for the participation of the KGB in the repression and intimidation campaign in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, in particular arbitrary arrests and ill-treatment, including torture, of peaceful demonstrators and opposition memb...

Other Information

(Date of UN designation: 2020-10-02)

Date of listing

2022-02-25

Program information

Authority

EU

Program

Restrictive measures in view of the situation in Belarus and the involvement of Belarus in the Russian aggression against Ukraine

Regime

EU country specific

Target State

Belarus

Measures

Asset freeze and prohibition to make funds available, Restrictions on admission

Sanctions Portfolio

- All assets of the listed persons and entities should be frozen. It is also prohibited to make any funds or assets directly or indirectly available to them. - Member States shall enforce travel restrictions on persons listed in the Annex of Council Decision 2012/642/CFSP.

Official Information

The EU has imposed several successive rounds of individual and sectoral sanctions, against those responsible for internal repression and human rights abuses in Belarus, and in the context of Belarus’ involvement in Russia’s war against Ukraine. The Council of the EU first adopted targeted restrictive measures against specific Belarusian officials ...

Program URL

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A02012D0642-20220604