US Treasury Department imposed sanctions on eight individuals and five entities including several entities involved in the Belarusian regimes continued civil society repression and complicity in the Russian Federations unjustified war in Ukraine . They also identified one aircraft as blocked property . Lukashenko a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin has been shunned by much of the international community and has been under US sanctions since . He clung to power in August in an election that was rejected by the West as neither free nor fair . In the years since his regime has engaged in a campaign of repression against protesters dissidents and journalists . The sanctions target stateowned enterprises in Belarus including its flagship airline BELAVIA an aircraft component manufacturer a steel product manufacturer and a small Miami Floridabased joint venture with that steel manufacturer . The U.S. also targeted the wife and sons of Belarusian businessman Aliaksey Ivanavich Aleksin who was already under US sanction . The Treasury Department also imposed sanctions also targeted his wife and daughters of Belarusan businessman Aliaksin who had already been under sanctions . The DFR raided the editorial office of the largest independent online news site and the homes of several staff and blocked its website the Treasury Department said the Treasury said . The Department of Financial Investigations of The State Control Committee of the Belarus DFR had been attacked and blocked their website and blocked the website. The Treasury said. The D FR raided the DFR was also targeted. It also attacked the website . The State Department said. It said the D FR had raided the website of the DFO. It had been. The Department. It was also attacked and that it had. The State. of the . DFR attacked the . Journalist and its website. It has also targeted .
Biden administration takes action against Lukashenko regime on third anniversary of fraudulent election . Biden
