{"id":206404,"date":"2026-10-06T18:08:25","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T15:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/206404\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T18:22:45","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T15:22:45","slug":"eu-to-remove-businessmen-gutseriev-saucou-from-belarus-sanctions-list-report","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/206404\/","title":{"rendered":"EU to remove businessmen Gutseriev, \u0160a\u016dco\u016d from Belarus sanctions list \u2013 report"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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October 6, Pozirk.<\/em> <\/strong>Tomorrow, the European Union will remove businessmen Mikhail Gutseriev and Viktar \u0160a\u016dco\u016d from its sanctions targeting Belarus, Rikard Jozwiak, a Brussels-based <\/strong>RFE\/RL<\/em> journalist,\u00a0has said on X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Huceryje\u016d will still be sanctioned as he was recently included on the Russian sanctions list for undermining Ukraine\u2019s territorial integrity, the journalist noted. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In April, the European General Court ruled invalid a part of the sanctions imposed by the Council of the EU against Belarusian businessman Viktar \u0160a\u016dco\u016d allegedly linked to Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Articles by independent media outlets submitted as evidence described Belarus as having numerous honorary consuls allegedly linked to scandals and close to \u0141uka\u0161enka, benefiting from privileges tied to their roles. However, the court said this did not constitute sufficient evidence that \u0160a\u016dco\u016d, as honorary consul of the Philippines in Belarus, supported the regime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The following month, the same court annulled the decision of the EU Council in 2025 to extend sanctions against Russian businessman Mikhail Gutseriev, who was targeted over his business links to \u0141uka\u0161enka. Gutseriyev\u2019s company Slavkaliy was involved in the construction of a potassium chloride plant near Luba\u0144, Minsk region. The businessman was sanctioned by the EU in June 2021. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The court ruled that the Council had not proved that Gutseriev continued to have \u201cbusiness interests in Belarus enabling him to be regarded as a prominent businessperson with substantial business interests in several sectors, such as potash, energy and commercial property, or as having a prosperous personal relationship with \u0141uka\u0161enka.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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