Written question asked by Bell Ribeiro-Addy (Labour) on Monday, 1 March 2021, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 3 March 2021. It was answered by Wendy Morton (Conservative) on Monday, 8 March 2021 on behalf of the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.

Mikhail Gutseriev

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if he will place sanctions on Russian businessman Mikhail Gutseriev in response to his funding of the Belarussian regime and president Alexander Lukashenko.

Answer: The UK has been at the forefront of the international response towards the fraudulent election and human rights violations in Belarus. Alongside Canada, we led on implementing sanctions against Lukashenko and his inner circle under the UK's Global Human Rights Regime. We have also carried over the EU's Belarus sanctions regime into UK law. We are aware of reported links between Mr Gutseriev and the Lukashenko regime but to preserve the integrity of the sanctions process, it would be inappropriate to speculate publicly on future designations.

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