Name
Anatoli Aleksandrovich Sivak
Year of birth
1962
Additional Information
Places of birth:
Belarus
Other information:
Deputy Prime Minister, former Chairman of the Minsk City Executive Committee
Justifications:
In his former leadership capacity as Chairman of the Minsk City Executive Committee, he was responsible for the repression and intimidation campaign run by the local apparatus in Minsk under his oversight in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, in particular with arbitrary arrests and ill-treatment, including torture, of peaceful demonstrators as well as intimidation and violence against journalists. He made numerous public statements criticising peaceful protests taking place in Belarus. In his current leadership position as Deputy Prime Minister he continues to support the Lukashenka regime.