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Aliaksandr Mikalaevich Zaitsau

Sanctioned entity

Aliaksandr Mikalaevich Zaitsau is subject to sanctions. See the individual program listings below.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	ALIAKSANDR MIKALAEVICH ZAITSAU · Aleksandr Nikolajevitj ZAJTSEV · Aleksandr Nikolayevich Zaitsev · Alexander Nikolaevich ZAITSEV · Alexander Zaytsev · 13 more...				[sources]
Other name	ALEKSANDR NIKOLAYEVICH ZAITSEV · ALEKSANDR ZAYTSEV · ALEXANDER NIKOLAEVICH ZAITSEV · ALEXANDER ZAYTSEV · Aleksandr Nikolayevich Zaitsev · 23 more...				[sources]
Birth date	1975-11-22 · 1976-11-22				[sources]
Place of birth	BELARUS, Ruzhany · Belarus, Ruzhany · Roujany, région/oblast de Brest, ex-URSS · Roujany, région/oblast de Brest, ex-URSS (actuellement Biélorussie) · Ruzhany, Brest Oblast, Belarus · 1 more...				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	Belarus				[sources]
Country	United Arab Emirates · Belarus				[sources]
Country of birth	Belarus				[sources]
First name	ALIAKSANDR MIKALAEVICH · Aleksandr · Aleksandr Nikolayevich · Alexander · Alexandr · 4 more...				[sources]
Last name	ZAITSAU · Zaitsau · Zaitsev · Zaytsev · ЗАЙЦАЎ · 3 more...				[sources]
Middle name	Mikalaevich · Nikolaevich · Nikolayevich · Мікалаевіч · Николаевич				[sources]
Patronymic	Mikalaevich · Nikolaevich · Мiкалаевiч · Николаевич				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q105406312				[sources]
Position	Businessman, co-owner of Bremino Group and Sohra Group · Homme d'affaires, copropriétaire de Bremino Group et de Sohra Group · Homme d’affaires, copropriétaire de Bremino Group et de Sohra Group · Співвласник «Bremino Group» та «Sohra Group»				[sources]
Education	Belarusian State Economic University				[sources]
Source link	gels-avoirs.dgtresor.gouv.fr · sanctionssearch.ofac.treas.gov				[sources]
Last change	2024-11-02	Last processed	2024-11-02	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

Aliaksandr Zaitsau is the former assistant of Viktar Lukashenka, son of and former Adviser on National Security to Aliaksandr Lukashenka. Through access to the Lukashenka family, Zaitsau obtains lucrative contracts for his businesses. He has had close ties with the Sohra Group that is granted the right to export state-owned enterprises' production (tractors and trucks) to the Gulf and African countries. He is also the co-owner and chairman of the Council of participants of Bremino Group. The company has received state support for developing the Bremino-Orsha zone, as well as a number of financial and tax advantages and other benefits. Zaitsau and other owners of Bremino Group received support from Viktar Lukashenka. He therefore benefits from and supports the Lukashenka regime.

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

Businessman, co-owner of Bremino Group and Sohra Group

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

Aliaksandr Zaïtsaù est l’ancien assistant de Viktar Loukachenka, fils et ancien conseiller en matière de sécurité nationale d’Aliaksandr Loukachenka. Grâce à son accès à la famille Loukachenka, Zaïtsaù obtient des contrats lucratifs pour ses entreprises. Il a des liens étroits avec Sohra Group, qui s’est vu octroyer une licence d’exportation pour les productions des entreprises d’État (tracteurs et camions) vers les pays du Golfe et d’Afrique. Il est également copropriétaire et président du conseil des participants de Bremino Group. Cette entreprise a reçu des aides de l’État pour développer la zone “Bremino-Orsha”, ainsi qu’un certain nombre d’avantages financiers, fiscaux et autres. Zaïtsaù et les autres copropriétaires de Bremino Group ont reçu le soutien de Viktar Loukachenka. Il tire donc profit du régime de Loukachenka et le soutient.

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

Former Government of Belarus official

— New Zealand Russia Sanctions, 2024-03-21

belarussian tycoon

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-10-27

Relationships

Assets and shares
Asset	Percentage held	Start date	End date
Sohra Group	-	-	-

Sanctions
Authority	Program	Start date	End date
Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade	Russia Sanctions Act 2022	2022-03-18	-
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	2021-07-07	-
Federal Public Service Finance	BLR	2022-02-26	-
National Security and Defense Council	726/2022	2022-10-19	2032-10-19
Office of Foreign Assets Control	SDN List	-	-
TREAS-OFAC	Reciprocal	2022-02-24	-
Direction Générale du Trésor	(UE) 2021/997 du 21/06/2021 (UE Biélorussie - R (CE) 765/2006 ) · (UE) 2022/300 du 24/02/2022 (UE Biélorussie - R (CE) 765/2006 )	-	-
Directorate‑General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union	BLR	2022-02-26	-
La Principauté de Monaco	-	-	-
Global Affairs Canada	Belarus / Bélarus	-	-

Data sources

US OFAC Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) List32,847

The primary United States' sanctions list, specially designated nationals (SDN) part.

United States · OFAC

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

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

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

New Zealand Russia Sanctions1,725

The New Zealand government's list of people and companies sanctioned in relation to the Russian attack on Ukraine.

New Zealand · MFAT

US Trade Consolidated Screening List (CSL)20,784

The Consolidated Screening List (CSL) is a list of parties for which the United States Government maintains restrictions on certain exports, reexports, or transfers of items.

United States · ITA

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

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

Ukraine NSDC State Register of Sanctions17,636

List of individuals and legal entities subject to restrictive measures.

Ukraine · NSDC

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

US SAM Procurement Exclusions124,411

A database of suppliers who have been excluded from participating in US federal procurement.

United States · GSA

Monaco National Fund Freezing List4,556

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:

Wikidata375,898

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: eu-fsf-eu-6387-77 · ofac-34781 · ua-nazk-person-79 · ua-nsdc-17560-zajcev-oleksandr-mikolajovic · eu-tb-logical-130150 · ua-nabc-person-79-zaitsev-zaytsev-aleksandr-nikolayevich · fr-ga-3648 · usgsa-s4mrky6nd · ca-sema-belarus-1-71 · ch-seco-45731 · ca-sema-1-71-by-aleksandr-nikolayevich-zaitsev · ca-sema-1-part-1-71-by-aleksandr-nikolayevich-zaitsev · ca-sema-1851ebe2459cde4bb8f6d0a2122e6a686b2f3d23 · mc-freezes-9992201d32d702a2626663af64bd5f97196834fa · NK-ZFQRWKormVgVQpqzrVBczj · nz-ru-ind-97-aliaksandr-zaitsau · nz-ru-ind-97

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