Belarus; Belarus

14A, Nemiga str., Minsk, 220004, Belarus

600390798, Tax ID No.; 011286185000, Government Gazette Number

Open Joint Stock Company Belavia Belarusian Airlines (BELAVIA) is the state-owned flagship carrier of Belarus. Following the unlawful diversion of Ryanair Flight 4978 on May 23, 2021 to arrest a political activist, the U.S. Department of Transportation issued Order 2021-7-1 to prohibit ticket sales and interline passage with the United States. The European Union (EU) simultaneously revoked BELAVIA’s access to Member States’ airspace and airports. BELAVIA was previously designated by the EU on December 2, 2021, for instructing employees not to protest against the fraudulent election and for opening new routes to facilitate unauthorized migration from several countries in the Middle East to the EU. OFAC is designating BELAVIA pursuant to E.O. 14038 for being owned or controlled by, or for having acted or purported to act for or on behalf of, directly or indirectly, the GoB. EW-301PJ is a Canadair Regional Jet CR-200ER aircraft, operated by BELAVIA,and used by high-ranking officials and family members of the U.S.-sanctioned regime leader, Alyaksandr Lukashenka. OFAC is identifying EW-301PJ pursuant to E.O. 14038 as property in which BELAVIA has an interest.

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1682

2023-08-09

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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