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From 2021 to mid-2022, the company supplied Russia with goods worth more than $8 million. Since 2023, it has redirected exports to Chinese, Kazakh and Turkish companies suspected of re-exports to Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>OMNI GRP is also reportedly involved in prohibited exports of steel products and machine parts to Russia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarusian U\u0142adzimir La\u0161\u010duk was identified as the majority shareholder of STEELTRADE. The sanctions decision also mentioned Andrej Karpovi\u010d, holding both Belarusian and Russian citizenships, as a shareholder, board member and owner of OMNI GRP, with an office in Warsaw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Belarusian Vieranika Pental, serving as the CEO of a Kyrgyz company specializing in wholesale trade in metals and metal ores, was named shareholder and board member of both STEELTRADE and OMNI GRP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this year, Poland added Belarusian businessman Alaksandar Ma\u0161enski to the national sanctions list over direct personal, economic and political links to Alaksandar Luka\u0161enka and involvement in supporting Russia\u2019s war on Ukraine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 8, Pozirk. Poland has sanctioned two businesses and three Belarusian stakeholders over re-exports of steel and steel products to Russia. 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