{"id":46471,"date":"2023-04-12T11:31:14","date_gmt":"2023-04-12T08:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/api.pozirk.online\/articles\/canada-sanctions-nine-belarusian-banks\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T20:29:13","slug":"canada-sanctions-nine-belarusian-banks","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/46471\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada sanctions nine Belarusian banks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n <b>April 12, <span>BPN<\/span>.<\/b> Canada introduced new sanctions against nine Belarusian banks in response to Belarusian authorities&#8217; support of&nbsp;Russia&#8217;s war on Ukraine, the Canadian government&#8217;s press office reported.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t The National Bank of Belarus, Belarusbank,&nbsp;Bie\u0142ahraprambank,&nbsp;Priorbank, Sberbank, BelVEB Bank, Belgazprombank, VTB Bank (Belarus) and Statusbank are among those affected by new restrictions.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t On February 15, Canada amended its Special Import Measures Regulations, designating Belarus and Russia as non-market economies. Earlier, only Vietnam, China and Tajikistan were assigned this status.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t On March 28, Canada&#8217;s Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland announced plans to extend indefinitely the exclusion of Russia and Belarus from the preferential trading partners list. It means that Canada will apply a 35 percent duty to exports from both countries.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Currently, a total of over 180 Belarusian officials are under Canadian sanctions for supporting Russia&#8217;s war on Ukraine and human rights abuse in Belarus.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t Belarus\u2019 opposition leader&nbsp;\u015aviat\u0142ana Cichano\u016dskaja visited Canada in November 2022 and had a number of high-level meetings, including Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Foreign Minister M\u00e9lanie Joly. At the time of her visit, Canada sanctioned more than a dozen of officials and 16 companies from the military-industrial, engineering, and banking sectors.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 12, BPN. Canada introduced new sanctions against nine Belarusian banks in response to Belarusian authorities&#8217; support of&nbsp;Russia&#8217;s war on Ukraine, the Canadian government&#8217;s press office reported. The National Bank of Belarus, Belarusbank,&nbsp;Bie\u0142ahraprambank,&nbsp;Priorbank, Sberbank, BelVEB Bank, Belgazprombank, VTB Bank (Belarus) and Statusbank are among those affected by new restrictions. 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