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Vadim Zaitsev

Military · Political

Vadim Zaitsev is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest, but have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Vadim Zaitsev · Vadzim Jurjevics Zajcav · Wadsim Sajzau · Wadzim Zajcau · Zaitsau Vadzim Iurievich · 4 more...				[sources]
Other name	Wadim Zajcew · Wadzim Jurjewicz Zajcau · Zaitsev Vadim Iurievich · В. Ю. Зайцаў · Вадзім Зайцаў · 5 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1964-07-16				[sources]
Place of birth	Dnipro · Zhitomyr region, Ukraine				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Belarus				[sources]
Country of birth	Ukraine				[sources]
First name	Vadim · Vadzim · Вадзім · Вадим				[sources]
Keywords	National government				[sources]
Last name	Zaitsau · Zaitsev · Zaytsev · ЗАЙЦАЎ · ЗАЙЦЕВ				[sources]
Patronymic	Iurievich · Юрьевич · Юр’евіч				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q846344				[sources]
Position	Chairperson of the State Security Committee of the Republic of Belarus (2008-2012)				[sources]
Education	Military Academy of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Russia (-2004) · Moscow Frontier Institute (-1986)				[sources]
Created at	2012-12-13				[sources]
Modified on	2023-03-07				[sources]
Last changed	2024-01-31	Last checked	2024-04-30	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

CEO of the semi-private Cosmos TV since June 2013, appointed by the Government of Belarus as representative of the state. Former Head of the KGB (July 2008 - November 2012). Responsible for transforming the KGB into the main organ of repression of civil society and of the democratic opposition. Responsible for the dissemination, through the media, of false information about the demonstrators on 19 Dec 2010, alleging that they had brought materials to be used as weapons. He personally threatened the lives and health of the wife and child of former presidential candidate, Andrei Sannikov. He is the main initiator of orders for unlawful harassment of democratic opposition, the torture of political opponents and the mistreatment of prisoners.

— Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes, 2023-04-20

Travel ban according to article 3 paragraph 1 and financial sanctions according to article 1 do not apply until 15 March 2016.

— Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes, 2023-04-20

ukrainian-born Belarusian intelligence officer

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Chairperson of the State Security Committee of the Republic of Belarus	2008-07-15	2012-11-09

Sanctions
Authority	Program	Start date	End date
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO)	Ordinance of 16 March 2022 on measures against Belarus (SR 946.231.116.9), annex 5, 13, 14 and 15	2012-12-14	2016-03-01

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons183,200

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Wikidata · non-official source

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes8,011

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Switzerland · State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO)

External databases

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Wikidata224,813

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External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: ch-seco-4845

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