Last Updated: January 19, 2026
Iury Leanidavich Sivakau
Aliases
lury Leanidavich Sivakau; Yuri Leonidovich Sivakau; Yury Leanidavich Sivakau; Yury Leanidavich Sivakau; Iury Leanidavich Sivakov; Yuri Leonidavich Sivakov; Yuri Leonidovich Sivakov; Yury Leanidavich Sivakov
Position
Former Minister of Tourism and Sports|Former Minister of Interior|Former Deputy Head of the Presidential Administration
Nationality
Belarus
DoB
1946-08-05
Address
Minsk, Belarus
Official reason
Involved in the unresolved disappearances of Yuri Zakharenko, Viktor Gonchar, Anatoly Krasovski and Dmitri Zavadski in Belarus in 1999-2000. Iury Leanidavich Sivakau was Minister of the Interior at that time and therefore a senior Official in the Government of Belarus. Sivakau was associated with other Belarus Officials who have been listed for the...
Other Information
The Director Disqualification Sanction was imposed on 09/04/2025.
Date of listing
2020-12-31
Program information
Authority
UK
Program
The Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
Regime
UK country specific
Target State
Belarus
Measures
Asset freeze and making available provisions, Trade sanctions, Travel bans, Transport sanctions
Sanctions Portfolio
• The Regulations impose financial sanctions through a targeted asset freeze on designated persons and prohibitions on making funds or economic resources available. This involves the freezing of funds and economic resources (non-monetary assets, such as property or vehicles) of designated persons and ensuring that funds and economic resources are n...
Official Information
This sanctions regime is aimed at encouraging the Government of Belarus to: • respect democratic principles and institutions and the separation of powers and the rule of law in Belarus • refrain from actions, policies or activities which repress civil society in Belarus • investigate properly and institute criminal proceedings against the persons ...
Additional Details
Licensing and exception provisions are contained in Part 6 of the Regulations.
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