Belarus

42, room 3H, Nemiga St., Minsk, 220004, Belarus; 29, pom. 11, izolirovannoe pomeshchenie, kabinet 4, ul. Surganova, Minsk, 220012, Belarus

193453339, Tax ID No.

Aviakompaniya Belkanto LLC (Belkanto) is another Belarus-based private cargo airline company that was formed on paper in 2020, but began operating in 2022 under the leadership of former executives of Belarusian state-owned cargo airline company Transaviaexport. On December 2, 2021, OFAC designated Transaviaexport for operating or having operated in the transportation sector of the economy of Belarus and for being owned or controlled by, or having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, the Government of Belarus (GoB). Following Transaviaexport’s designation, Belkanto took ownership of one of Transaviaexport’s planes and began leasing other aircraft from the company. Belkanto’s business is focused on many of the same areas of operation as Transaviaexport, including the transshipment of goods to Russia. OFAC is designating Belkanto pursuant to E.O. 14038 for operating or having operated in the transportation sector of the Belarus 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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