Based on an analysis of macroeconomic data for 2025 — early 2026, the state of global commodity markets, and logistics reporting, a conclusion can be drawn: sanctions pressure on the Lukashenko regime continues to work effectively

We have repeatedly warned that helping Lukashenko circumvent sanctions can result in prosecution and even imprisonment

18 February 2026 became an important date in the chronicle of the fight against sanctions circumvention in Europe

If Lukashenko does not release political prisoners, does not stop the repression, and does not cease assisting the aggressor, Belarus may face a full trade embargo

From a reactive approach to a sustainable strategy for national reconciliation and Belarus’s European future

On 18 February 2026, the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy signed a decree introducing personal sanctions against Aleksandr Lukashenko. Earlier, sanctions against Lukashenko had already been imposed by the European Union, the United States, Japan, Canada, Switzerland, and New Zealand

According to data from the National Bank of Belarus, in January–October 2025 the deficit in foreign trade in goods and services amounted to USD 1.2 billion

Belarusian Legal Entities Remaining Under US Sanctions (SDN List)

On October 23, 2025, the European Union approved a new package of sanctions aimed at the financial system serving the Lukashenka regime

Some relief has been granted to Belavia under U.S. sanctions, but the airline itself remains on the SDN list. The personal aircraft of Lukashenka, included in the SDN list based on proposals from NAM, remain under sanctions

Deputy Head of the United Transitional Cabinet and Head of the National Anti-Crisis Management Pavel Latushka on the Introduction of the EU’s 18th Sanctions Package

On July 3, 2025, the Court of Justice of the European Union issued a decision in the case of “Grodno Azot”

On which dictatorial regimes Lukashenko collaborates with around the world

The new sanctions package targets key areas of the economy, trade, and industry

On December 11, 2023, Pavel Latushka met in Brussels with the EU Special Representative for Sanctions, David O'Sullivan

The visit of the Belarusian delegation to the occupied Melitopol on February 10, which was organized with the support of Russia’s occupying

As early as 2023, NAM submitted to the EU a list of prison and colony leaders for inclusion in the sanctions list

On December 16, 2024, the EU imposed sanctions on the following "wolves in judges' robes"

Pavel Latushka listed specific steps that Australia can take to truly help Belarusians get rid of the dictatorship as quickly as possible

Accountability for crimes and human rights violations in Belarus