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October 12, Pozirk. <\/strong>The European Union has placed Belarusian-born cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky (Aleh Navicki), who has recently been elected as a member of Russia\u2019s State Duma, on its list of individuals subject to the EU\u2019s travel bans and asset freezes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On October 12, the Council of the EU approved its 22nd package of sanctions against Russia, targeting 820 individuals and 826 legal entities, the single largest expansion of the sanctions list since Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. The blacklisted individuals include 74 parliamentary candidates and three members of Russia\u2019s central election commission.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In its Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026\/2292, the Council condemns last month\u2019s elections as \u201cillegal,\u201d noting that they were held in Ukraine\u2019s occupied territories. \u201cBy participating formally as a candidate in these illegal elections, Oleg Novitsky has actively contributed to efforts to legitimize Russia\u2019s war of aggression against Ukraine and to sustain Russia\u2019s illegal occupation of territories of Ukraine,\u201d the Council says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Therefore, Novitsky is \u201csupporting and implementing actions and policies that undermine and threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine,\u201d the document says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Council adds that Novitsky is associated with Communist Party of the Russian Federation, which is listed by the Union for \u201csupporting materially actions which undermine and threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Novitsky was born in the town of \u010cervie\u0144, Minsk region, in 1961. In 1988, he enrolled in a military school in Borisoglebsk, Voronezh province, and has lived in Russia ever since, serving with the Russian Air Force and later becoming a cosmonaut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Novitsky has flown three long missions to the International Space Station between 2012 and 2021. His most recent flight was the Soyuz MS 25 mission in 2024 together with NASA astronaut Tracy Dyson and Belavia flight attendant Maryna Vasile\u016dskaja.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In April 2024, Vasile\u016dskaja was awarded the title of Hero of Belarus as the country\u2019s \u201cfirst cosmonaut since independence\u201d despite the fact that she had spent only 13 days in space. In July 2025, Novitsky and the 34-year-old Vasile\u016dskaja got married.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

October 12, Pozirk. The European Union has placed Belarusian-born cosmonaut Oleg Novitsky (Aleh Navicki), who has recently been elected as a member of Russia\u2019s State Duma, on its list of individuals subject to the EU\u2019s travel bans and asset freezes. On October 12, the Council of the EU approved its 22nd package of sanctions against […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":207109,"template":"","rubric":[16,30],"class_list":["post-207127","articles","type-articles","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","rubric-politics","rubric-security"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nEU blacklists Belarusian-born cosmonaut for \u201clegitimizing war\u201d by running in Russia\u2019s recent elections | Pozirk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"October 12, Pozirk. 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