Last Updated: November 27, 2024
Oleg Anatolievich CHERNYSHEV
Aliases
Олег Анатольевич ЧЕРНЫШЁВ; Алег Анатольевіч ЧАРНIШОЎ; Alieg Anatolevich CHARNYSHOU; Oleg Anatoljevitj TJERNYSJOV; Aleh Anatoljevitj TJARNYSJOU
Position
Former Deputy Chairman of the State Security Committee (KGB); Deputy Chairman of the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences
Linked to
Official reason
In his former leadership position as Deputy Chairman of the State Security Committee (KGB), he was responsible for the participation of the KGB in the repression and intimidation campaign in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, in particular arbitrary arrests and ill-treatment, including torture, of peaceful demonstrators and opposition memb...
Other Information
(Date of UN designation: 2020-10-02)
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