UKSL Sanctions designation

Dzmitry Valeriyevich Paulichenka

Individual · designated 31 December 2020

Designation identifiers

UKSL unique ID
BEL0002
OFSI group ID
8905
Designation type
Individual
Date designated
31 December 2020
Last updated
9 April 2025

Regimes

  • The Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Designation sources

  • UK

Sanctions imposed

  • Asset freeze
  • Travel Ban
  • Director Disqualification Sanction

Official reasons

  • Involved in the unresolved disappearances of Yuri Zakharenko, Viktor Gonchar, Anatoly Krasovski and Dmitri Zavadski in Belarus in 1999-2000. Paulichenka is associated with other Belarus Officials who have been listed for their involvement in these disappearances. Paulichenka has been linked to assassinations and kidnappings on behalf of the Government of Belarus.

Other information

  • Initially arrested in connection with Gonchar and Krasovski, he was released the following day, allegedly on Lukashenka’s orders. The Director Disqualification Sanction was imposed on 09/04/2025.
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