UKSL Sanctions designation

Iury Leanidavich Sivakau

Individual · designated 31 December 2020

Designation identifiers

UKSL unique ID
BEL0004
OFSI group ID
11723
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. 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 their involvement in these disappearances, and helped to establish a 'death squad' in 1996 with Vladimir Navumau.

Other information

  • The Director Disqualification Sanction was imposed on 09/04/2025.

Addresses

  • Lines: Minsk
  • Country: Belarus
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