Last Updated: November 27, 2024
Pavel Nikolaevich LIOHKI
Aliases
Павел Николаевич ЛЁГКИЙ; Павел Мікалаевіч ЛЁГКI; Pavel Mikalaevich LIOHKI; Pavel Nikolajevitj LJOGKIJ; Pavel Mikalajevitj LJOHKI
Position
minister counsellor at the Belarusian embassy in Moscow, Russia, Former First Deputy Minister of Information
DoB
1972-05-30
Linked to
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32023R0419
Official reason
In his leadership position as First Deputy Minister of Information, he is responsible for the repression of civil society, and in particular the Ministry of Information decision to cut off access to independent websites and limit internet access in Belarus in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, as a tool of repression of civil society, peac...
Other Information
(Date of UN designation: 2020-12-17)
Date of listing
2023-02-28
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