The European Union has imposed sanctions against employees of the Central Election Commission of Belarus

The European Union has expanded personal sanctions against Belarus in connection with the military conflict in Ukraine . The restrictions affected seven employees of the Electoral Commission of the Republic and the Central Election Commission, according to a document published in the official journal of the EU .

In total, seven organizations were subject to sanctions, including the Central Electoral Commission of the Republic of Belarus , and 25 individuals, in particular the deputy chairman of the commission, Alexei Bashan, and secretary Elena Baldovskaya.

They were accused of organizing “unfree” and “unfair” presidential elections in Belarus, in which “international standards of fairness and transparency were violated” and the results were falsified.

The EU list also includes officials, judges, and businessmen. The organizations include the companies OOO Tsybulka-bel, RPUP Precise Electromechanics Plant, OAO Planar, OOO Ridotto, Belorusskie Loterei, and OAO Integral.

The presidential election took place in Belarus on January 26 in the absence of Western observers and without polling stations abroad. The EU then said it did not consider the elections in the republic free and democratic, and therefore intended to continue to impose sanctions against Minsk. The Kremlin said the vote was transparent and fair.

Lukashenko has been president of Belarus since 1994. According to the Central Election Commission, he received 86.82% of the vote, and on March 25, Lukashenko took office for the seventh time.

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