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Uladzimir Stsiapanavich KARANIK

Politician · Sanctioned entity

Uladzimir Stsiapanavich KARANIK is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below. They are also a politically exposed person.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Karanik Uladzimir Stsiapanavich · Uladzimir Stsiapanavich KARANIK · Uladzimir Stsiapanavitj KARANIK · Vladimir Karanik · Vladimir Stepanovich KARANIK · 5 more...				[sources]
Other name	Karanik Vladimir Stepanovich · Vladimir Stepanovich KARANIK · Владимир Караник · Владимир Степанович КАРАНИК · Владимир Степанович Караник · 6 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1973-01-08 · 1973-01-09 · 1973-11-30				[sources]
Place of birth	BELARUS, Grodno/Hrodna · Belarus, Grodno · Grodno · Grodno Former USSR (now Belarus) · Grodno/Hrodna (ex-URSS) · 2 more...				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Belarus				[sources]
Country	Belarus				[sources]
Country of birth	Belarus · Soviet Union				[sources]
First name	Uladzimir · Uladzimir Stsiapanavich · Vladimir · Vladimir Stepanovich · Владимир · 1 more...				[sources]
Last name	KARANIK · Karanik · КАРАНIК · КАРАНИК				[sources]
Patronymic	Stepanovich · Stsiapanavich · Степанович · Сцяпанавiч				[sources]
Second name	Stepanovich · Stsiapanavich				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q64567624				[sources]
Position	Gouverneur de l'oblast de Grodno/Hrodna · Gouverneur de la oblast de Grodno/Hrodna, ancien ministre de la santé · Governor of the Grodno Oblast · Governor of the Grodno/Hrodna Region/Oblast; former Minister of Healthcare · Minister of Health of the Republic of Belarus (2019-2020) · 3 more...				[sources]
Education	Candidate of Sciences in Medicine (2006) · Grodno State Medical University (-1996)				[sources]
Source link	gels-avoirs.dgtresor.gouv.fr				[sources]
Last change	2024-10-14	Last processed	2024-10-21	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

In his former leadership capacity as the Minister of Healthcare, he was responsible for the use of healthcare services to repress peaceful protesters, including using ambulances to transport protesters in need of medical assistance to isolation wards rather than to hospitals. He made numerous public statements criticising the peaceful protests taking place in Belarus, on one occasion accusing a protester of being intoxicated. In his current leadership position as the Governor of the Grodno/Hrodna Region/Oblast he continues to support the Lukashenka regime.

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

Governor of the Grodno/Hrodna Region/Oblast, former Minister of Healthcare

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

Dans le cadre de ses anciennes fonctions dirigeantes de ministre de la santé, il était responsable de l’utilisation des services de santé pour réprimer des manifestants pacifiques, y compris en recourant à des ambulances pour transporter des manifestants ayant besoin d’une assistance médicale vers des lieux d’isolement plutôt que vers des hôpitaux. Il a fait de nombreuses déclarations publiques dans lesquelles il a critiqué les manifestations pacifiques qui se déroulaient en Biélorussie, accusant en une occasion un manifestant d’être en état d’ébriété. Au poste à responsabilités qu’il occupe actuellement en tant que gouverneur de la région/l’oblast de Grodno/Hrodna, il continue à soutenir le régime de Loukachenka.

— French National Asset Freezing System, 2023-04-20

Belarusian politician and minister

— Wikidata non-official source, 2024-06-21

Relationships

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Minister of Health of the Republic of Belarus	2019-06-11	2020-08-22
Minister of Health of the Republic of Belarus	2019-06-11	2020-08-22

Sanctions
Authority	Program	Start date	End date
Direction Générale du Trésor	(UE) 2020/2129 du 17/12/2020 (UE Biélorussie - R (CE) 765/2006 ) · (UE) 2021/339 du 25/02/2021 (UE Biélorussie - R (CE) 765/2006 )	-	-
Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation · UK	Belarus	2021-02-18	-
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs	Ordinance of 16 March 2022 on measures against Belarus (SR 946.231.116.9), annex 5, 13, 14 and 15	2021-03-22	-
Global Affairs Canada	Belarus / Bélarus	-	-
La Principauté de Monaco	-	-	-
Federal Public Service Finance	BLR	2021-02-27	-
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office · UK	The Republic of Belarus (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019	2021-02-18	-
Directorate‑General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union	BLR	2021-02-27	-

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons247,660

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories423,969

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Wikidata · non-official source

UK FCDO Sanctions List4,604

UK sanctions collated by the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

United Kingdom · FCDO

EU Financial Sanctions Files (FSF)6,356

As part of the Common Foreign Security Policy the European Union publishes a sanctions list that is implemented by all member states.

European Union · DG FISMA

Swiss SECO Sanctions/Embargoes8,421

Switzerland manages a sanctions lists with a high degree of detail on the individuals that are subject to it's embargoes

Switzerland · SECO

Belgian Financial Sanctions6,603

Belgium extends the European FSF sanctions list on the basis of a national terrorist list, issued by the National Security Council

Belgium · FOD

EU Consolidated Travel Bans4,018

Consolidated information about individuals who have been banned from traveling to the European Union, released as part of the EU Sanctions Map.

European Union · Council

UK HMT/OFSI Consolidated List of Targets6,142

The United Kingom's consolidated international sanctions list.

United Kingdom · OFSI

Canadian Consolidated Autonomous Sanctions List4,415

Sanctions imposed by Canada on specific countries, organizations, or individuals under the Special Economic Measures Act (SEMA) and JVCFOA

Canada · Global Affairs Canada

French National Asset Freezing System5,108

The register lists all persons, entities and vessels subject to asset freezing measures in force on French territory, pursuant to national, European and international (UN) provisions.

France · DGT

Monaco National Fund Freezing List4,554

A list of entities subject to fund and economic resource freezing procedures

Monaco · Monaco

External databases

The record has been enriched with data from the following external databases:

Wikidata375,752

Wikidata is the structured data project of the Wikipedia community, providing fact-based information edited by humans and machines

External dataset · Wikidata · non-official source

Source data IDs: ch-seco-44122 · eu-tb-logical-126658 · fr-ga-3383 · NK-ba54F849T3WMBWeJBbABfG · ca-sema-7c217b92769da037c5762f2677d1ee73d60521d7 · gb-hmt-14026 · mc-freezes-d65eec6f91348ecf864bc597650ffb0b2cf24f19 · ca-sema-1-part-1-1-89-by-vladimir-stepanovich-karanik · gb-fcdo-bel0079 · ca-sema-1-1-89-by-vladimir-stepanovich-karanik · eu-fsf-eu-6013-77

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