{"id":208500,"date":"2026-10-22T13:15:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T10:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/208500\/"},"modified":"2026-10-22T13:15:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-22T10:15:14","slug":"washington-drops-sanctions-against-bielaruskalij-ceo","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/208500\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington drops sanctions against Bie\u0142aru\u015bkalij CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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October 22, <\/strong>Pozirk.<\/strong><\/em> The United States has lifted its sanctions ont Andrej Rybako\u016d (Andrei Rybakou), director general of Belarusian potash giant Bie\u0142aru\u015bkalij, according to the US Treasury Department\u2019s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rybako\u016d was removed from OFAC\u2019s Specially Designated Nationals List on October 21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rybako\u016d was added to the list in August 2021 while he was serving as head of Belarus\u2019 State Petrochemical Industry Concern (Bie\u0142naftachim).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In November 2024, Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka appointed him as director general of Bie\u0142aru\u015bkalij.
In December 2024, the European Union added Rybako\u016d to its list of Belarusian individuals subject to its travel bans and asset freezes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the summer of 2025, the United States has been gradually lifting its sanctions against Alaksandar \u0141uka\u0161enka\u2019s regime as talks between Washington and Minsk have resulted in the release of hundreds of Belarusian political prisoners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After \u0141uka\u0161enka freed 250 political prisoners on March 19, 2026, Washington dropped sanctions against Belarusian Potash Company, Bie\u0142aru\u015bkalij and its Kyiv-based subsidiary Agrorozkvit.
However, the European Union and Lithuania are maintaining a ban on the transit of Belarusian potash, imposed in early 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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