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National Bank of the Republic of Belarus: Sanctions

Question for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office

UIN HL7182, tabled on 21 March 2022

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to prohibit UK persons from undertaking financial transactions involving the Central Bank of Belarus.

Answered on

4 April 2022

We stand united with international partners in condemning the Belarusian Government for facilitating Russia's unlawful invasion of Ukraine from within its borders. Our intention is to extend recent Russia sanctions to Belarus. The Lukashenko regime will be made to feel the economic consequences for its support for Putin.