March 23, 2012 🇪🇺 EU Council imposed sanctions against 🇧🇾 Yuri Chizh, Belarusian entrepreneur. However, in 2015, the EU court Recognizedthat the tax payments of the Chizh and his companies are not a form of supporting the Lukashenko regime – the sanctions were removed from both the entrepreneur and his companies.
It is noteworthy that the sanctions, which had been acting against Chizh and other oligarchs for three years, had an important impact on the internal business climate in Belarus. So, due to personal sanctions, important niches were occupied by other people, among whom were Alexei Aleksin and Alexander Zaitsev, who became involved investigations Center for the study of corruption and organized crime (OCCRP).
OCCRP It was possible to find out that Aleksin and Zaitsev began to receive the support of the Belarusian state exactly after Yuri Chizh hit the sanctions. They also managed to get a residence permit in Lithuania, which allowed them to freely and legally conduct business in the EU. Aleksin is engaged in the cigarette business, and Zaitsev received an actual monopoly on the production of industrial tractors – his company supplies to 🇸🇩 Sudan, with the head of which Lukashenko agreed personally. It is important that all companies registered in Lithuania have a complex structure of beneficial possession (through firms registered for 🇨🇾 Cyprus and c 🇳🇱 Netherlands).
What is the problem? The fact is that Aleksin and Zaitsev are not under the sanctions of the EU, however, the specifics of their activities and the connection with the Lukashenko regime allow them to be considered them Politicallly Exposed Persons (Peps). European banks do not open accounts for such persons, however, through the accounts of Aleksin and Zaitsev, 46 million euros were carried out in 2 years without proper justification of the origin of the funds. Most likely, the Central Bank of Lithuania, as well as European banking regulators will come to banks with a serious issue. The vicious practice of branches is also confirmed 🇩🇰 🇸🇪 🇳🇴 Scandinavian banks in the Baltic republics – little money from 🇷🇺 RF and 🇧🇾 Belarusians are considered suspicious, while large capital continues to be serviced by virtue of commercial benefits.
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