The European Union has expanded the sanctions list against Belarus, including seven legal entities and 25 individuals.
The corresponding decision of the Council of Europe was published in the Official Journal of the EU on Thursday.
The list of sanctioned companies includes: Integral, the managing company of Integral Holding (a major manufacturer of microelectronics), Planar (a major manufacturer of microelectronics, including military purposes), the state enterprise Plant of Precision Electromechanics (part of the State Military Industrial Committee of Belarus, according to the EU, produces, including ballistic missiles).
The list also includes SE “Belarusian Lotteries” (part of the Department of Presidential Administration of Belarus, has the exclusive right to organize lotteries), the company “Belbet” (online casino, managed by SE “Belarusian Lotteries”), LLC “Ridotto” (develops applications for online games), LLC “Tsybulka-Bel” (agricultural company, according to the EU, owned by German citizen Jorg Dornau).
The sanctions were also imposed on Sergei Avakov (CEO of Planar), Yuri Chorny (director of the Plant of Precision Electromechanics), Dmitri Shvedko (entrepreneur, majority shareholder and director of Ridotto), Mikhail Denisenko (director of the State Enterprise Belarusian Lotteries).
In addition, sanctions were imposed on the Central Election Commission of Belarus, its members, a number of judges, the manager of the presidential affairs of Belarus, Yuri Nazarov and his deputies.
