Last Updated: January 19, 2026
Leanid Mikalaevich CHURO
Aliases
Leonid Nikolaevich CHURO
DoB
1956-07-08
Address
Minsk, Belarus
Reg. ID
3080756A068PB5, Identification Number; P4289481, Passport
Official reason
Today, OFAC designated five GoB officials in connection with the Ryanair incident: Leanid Churo (Churo), the director of Belarus’ air traffic control entity, who defended the forced diversion
Other Information
https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy0315
Date of listing
2021-08-09
Program information
Authority
US
Program
Executive Order 14038 Blocking Property of Additional Persons Contributing to the Situation in Belarus
Regime
OFAC country specific
Target State
Belarus
Measures
Blocking Property, Suspending Entry, Trade sanctions
Official Information
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-s...
Additional Details
SDN
Program URL
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2023/03/27/2023-06170/belarus-sanctions-regulations