Last Updated: September 7, 2024

Roman Ivanovich MELNIK

Aliases

Роман Иванович МЕЛЬНИК; Раман Iванавіч МЕЛЬНIК; Raman Ivanavich MELNIK; Roman Ivanovitj MELNIK; Raman Ivanavitj MELNIK

Position

Former Head of Main Directorate of Law and Order Protection and Preven­tion at the Ministry of Internal Affairs; Head of the Administration of the Leninskiy District of Minsk

DoB

1964-05-29

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 the Head of the Main Directorate of Law and Order Protection and Prevention at the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he was responsible for the repression and intimidation campaign led by the State apparatus in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, in particular arbitrary arrests and ill-treatment, including t...

Other Information

(Date of UN designation: 2020-11-06)

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