Last Updated: January 17, 2025
Olga Nikolaevna CHEMODANOVA
Aliases
Ольга Николаевна ЧЕМОДАНОВА; Вольга Мікалаеўна ЧАМАДАНАВА; Volha Mikalaeuna CHAMADANAVA; Olga Nikolajevna TJEMODANOVA; Volha Mikalajeuna TJAMADANAVA
Position
Former Press Secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus; Head of the Main Directorate for Ideology and Youth of the Minsk City Executive Committee
DoB
1977-10-13
Reg. ID
MC1405076 (passport-National passport)
Linked to
Official reason
In her former position as the main media person of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Belarus, Volha Chamadanava played a key role in distorting and deflecting the facts regarding violence against protesters, as well as in spreading false information about them. She threatened peaceful protesters and continuously justified violence against them. ...
Other Information
(Date of UN designation: 2021-06-21)
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