UKSL Sanctions designation

Nikolai Karpenkov

Individual · designated 21 June 2021

Designation identifiers

UKSL unique ID
BEL0105
OFSI group ID
14122
Designation type
Individual
Date designated
21 June 2021
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

  • Nikolai Karpenkov is the Deputy Minister of Internal Affairs and Commander of Internal Troops and former Head of the Main Directorate for Combating Organised Crime and Corruption. In both roles, he has engaged in and supported human rights violations and the repression of civil society in Belarus. In his current role, he is responsible for the actions of officers of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Internal Troops and therefore responsible for serious human rights violations and abuses against detained protestors and journalists, which have taken placed since Karpenkov assumed this role in November 2020.

Other information

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