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State Dept. Issues Belarus-Related Designations

The State Department designated two Belarusian government officials for their “significant role” in the country’s 2020 disputed presidential election and human rights violations, the agency said this week. The designations target Mikalai Karpiankou, deputy minister of internal affairs and a…

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military commander, and Dzmitriy Balaba, commander of the Special Task Police Force of the Minsk City Executive Committee of Internal Affairs. The State Department also imposed visa restrictions on 100 Belarusian “regime officials” for “impeding the transition to democracy in Belarus.”