Sanctions

Belavia and Lukashenko’s plane came under U.S. sanctions

August 9, 2023 3 minutes to read

The business jet of the Lukashenko family came under U.S. sanctions too.

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) imposed sanctions against 8 people and 5 organizations connected with the regime in Belarus.

The following entities came under the U.S. sanctions:

  • BEL-KAP-STEEL LLC (the company connected with BMZ);
  • Department of Financial Investigations of the State Control Committee of the Republic of Belarus;
  • Belavia Airlines;
  • BMZ (Belarusian Metallurgical Plant);
  • Minsk Civil Aviation Plant 407.

The following individuals came under the U.S. sanctions:

  • Aleksei Oleksin’s family members: Dmitry Oleksin, Vitaly Oleksin and Inna Oleksina;
  • Artyom Dunko, senior inspector for special important cases of the Department of Financial Investigations;
  • Viktor Franskevich;
  • Dmitry Korchik;
  • Igor Marshalov;
  • Viktor Selitski.

The business jet of the Lukashenko family came under U.S. sanctions too

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The government business jet Bombardier Challenger 850 with reg. number EW-301PJ, which, among others, is used by Viktor and Dmitry Lukashenko, came under the sanctions.

«EW-301PJ; Aircraft Model CRJ-200ER; Aircraft Manufacturer’s Serial Number (MSN) 8057; Aircraft Tail Number EW-301PJ (aircraft) [BELARUS-EO14038] (Linked To: OPEN JOINT STOCK COMPANY BELAVIA BELARUSIAN AIRLINES)», OFAC website says.

Thus, now a VIP helicopter and all Lukashenko’s planes, except one, Boeing 767-300 with registration number EW-001PB, are under the U.S. sanctions.