<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><swiss-sanctions-list list-type="amendment" date="2025-10-30"><sanctions-program ssid="20" version-date="2025-10-29" predecessor-version-date="2025-08-12"><program-key lang="eng">Belarus</program-key><program-key lang="ger">Belarus</program-key><program-key lang="fre">Bélarus</program-key><program-key lang="ita">Bielorussia</program-key><program-name lang="eng">Ordinance of 16 March 2022 on measures against Belarus (SR 946.231.116.9), annex 5, 13, 14 and 15</program-name><program-name lang="ger">Verordnung vom 16. März 2022 über Massnahmen gegenüber Belarus (SR 946.231.116.9), Anhang 5, 13, 14 und 15</program-name><program-name lang="fre">Ordonnance du 16 mars 2022 instituant des mesures à l’encontre du Bélarus (RS 946.231.116.9), annexes 5, 13, 14 et 15</program-name><program-name lang="ita">Ordinanza del 16 marzo 2022 che istituisce provvedimenti nei confronti della Bielorussia (RS 946.231.116.9), allegati 5, 13, 14 et 15</program-name><sanctions-set ssid="4387" lang="eng">article 12 (Financial sanctions) and 25 para. 1 (Travelban), annexe 13</sanctions-set><sanctions-set ssid="4387" lang="ger">Art. 12 Abs. 1 (Finanzsanktionen) und Art. 25 Abs. 1 (Ein- und Durchreiseverbot), Anhang 13</sanctions-set><sanctions-set ssid="4387" lang="fre">art. 12, al. 1 (Sanctions financières) et art. 25, al. 1 (Interdiction de séjour et de transit), annexe 13</sanctions-set><sanctions-set ssid="4387" lang="ita">art. 12 cpv. 1 (Sanzioni finanziarie) e art. 25 cpv. 1 (Divieto di entrata e di transito), allegato 13</sanctions-set><origin>EU</origin></sanctions-program><sanctions-program ssid="20" version-date="2025-10-29" predecessor-version-date="2025-08-12"><program-key lang="eng">Belarus</program-key><program-key lang="ger">Belarus</program-key><program-key lang="fre">Bélarus</program-key><program-key lang="ita">Bielorussia</program-key><program-name lang="eng">Ordinance of 16 March 2022 on measures against Belarus (SR 946.231.116.9), annex 5, 13, 14 and 15</program-name><program-name lang="ger">Verordnung vom 16. 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März 2022 über Massnahmen gegenüber Belarus (SR 946.231.116.9), Anhang 5, 13, 14 und 15</program-name><program-name lang="fre">Ordonnance du 16 mars 2022 instituant des mesures à l’encontre du Bélarus (RS 946.231.116.9), annexes 5, 13, 14 et 15</program-name><program-name lang="ita">Ordinanza del 16 marzo 2022 che istituisce provvedimenti nei confronti della Bielorussia (RS 946.231.116.9), allegati 5, 13, 14 et 15</program-name><sanctions-set ssid="51271" lang="eng">art. 7 para. 3 (Final recipients according to art. 7 para. 3), annexe 5</sanctions-set><sanctions-set ssid="51271" lang="ger">Art. 7 Abs. 3 (Endempfänger nach Art. 7 Abs.3), Anhang 5</sanctions-set><sanctions-set ssid="51271" lang="fre">art. 7 al. 3 (Destinataires finaux selon l'art. 7 al.3), annexe 5</sanctions-set><sanctions-set ssid="51271" lang="ita">art. 7 cpv. 3 (Destinatari finali secondo l'art. 7 cpv. 3), allegato 5</sanctions-set><origin>EU</origin></sanctions-program><target ssid="96970"><sanctions-set-id>51271</sanctions-set-id><entity><identity ssid="96971" main="true"><name ssid="96972" name-type="primary-name" quality="good" lang="eng"><name-part order="1" name-part-type="whole-name"><value>Legmash Plant OJSC</value></name-part></name></identity></entity><modification modification-type="listed" enactment-date="2025-10-29" publication-date="2025-10-29" effective-date="2025-10-30"/></target><target ssid="45716"><sanctions-set-id>4387</sanctions-set-id><individual sex="male"><identity ssid="45720" main="true"><name ssid="97157" name-type="primary-name" quality="good" lang="eng"><name-part order="1" name-part-type="family-name"><value>Gutseriev</value><spelling-variant lang="RUS" script="CYRL" spelling-variant-type="not-defined">ГУЦЕРИЕВ</spelling-variant><spelling-variant lang="RUS" script="CYRL" spelling-variant-type="not-defined">ГУЦЕРИЕВ</spelling-variant></name-part><name-part order="2" name-part-type="given-name"><value>Mikail</value><spelling-variant lang="RUS" script="CYRL" spelling-variant-type="not-defined">Микаил</spelling-variant><spelling-variant lang="RUS" script="CYRL" spelling-variant-type="not-defined">Михаил</spelling-variant></name-part><name-part order="3" name-part-type="father-name"><value>Safarbekovich</value><spelling-variant lang="RUS" script="CYRL" spelling-variant-type="not-defined">Сафарбекович</spelling-variant><spelling-variant lang="RUS" script="CYRL" spelling-variant-type="not-defined">Сафарбекович</spelling-variant></name-part></name><nationality ssid="45724"><country iso-code="RU">Russian Federation</country></nationality><day-month-year ssid="90481" day="9" month="3" year="1958" calendar="Gregorian" quality="good"/><place-of-birth ssid="45722" place-id="45719" quality="good"/></identity><justification ssid="97155">Mikail Gutseriev is a prominent Russian businessman, with business interests in Belarus in the sectors of energy, potash, hospitality and others. He is a long-time acquaintance of Aliaksandr Lukashenka and thanks to that association has accumulated significant wealth and influence among the political elite in Belarus. Safmar, a company which has been controlled by Gutseriev, was the only Russian oil firm that carried on supplying oil to Belarusian refineries during the energy crisis between Belarus and Russia in early 2020.</justification><justification ssid="90477">Gutseriev also supported Lukashenka in disputes with Russia over oil deliveries. Gutseriev has been the chairman of the board of directors of, and a shareholder in, the Slavkali company, which is building the Nezhinsky potassium chloride mining and processing plant based on the Starobinsky potash salt deposit near Lyuban. It is the largest investment in Belarus, worth USD 2 billion. Lukashenka promised to rename the town of Lyuban “Gutserievsk” in his honour.</justification><justification ssid="90478">His other businesses in Belarus have included fuelling stations and oil depots, a hotel, a business centre and an airport terminal in Minsk. Lukashenka also thanked Gutseriev for his financial contributions to charity and investments worth billions of dollars in Belarus.</justification><justification ssid="90479">Gutseriev also declared himself to be the owner of a residency which de facto belongs to Lukashenka, thus covering him up when journalists started to investigate Lukashenka’s assets. Gutseriev attended Lukashenka’s secret inauguration on 23 September 2020. In October 2020 Lukashenka and Gutseriev both appeared at the opening of an orthodox church, which the latter sponsored.</justification><justification ssid="97156">Gutseriev assisted with the acquisition of CT scanners for Belarus during the COVID-19 crisis. 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