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Swedbank doubles down on sanctions against Belarusian spa in Lithuania
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Belorus spa in Druskininkai. / BNS
Swedbank says it has carried out an assessment of a Belarusian-owned spa in Druskininkai, southern Lithuania, finding that the business is controlled by Viktor Sheiman who reports directly to Alexander Lukashenko.
The bank has therefore denied the Belorus spa s request for temporary access to its accounts, which Swedbank froze in December last year due to sanctions against the Belarusian regime.
According to the Lithuanian Centre of Registers, the spa in Druskininkai is owned by the Main Economic Office (GHU) at the Belarusian president s administration. In late 2020, the EU imposed sanctions against the Main Economic Office (GHU), while Sheiman was included into the EU s sanctions list more than a decade ago.
FM vows to launch takeover talks as Belarusian spa s workers protest in Vilnius
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Lithuania s Foreign Affairs Ministry has vowed to launch negotiations with Belarus on the takeover of Belorus, a Belarus-owned sanatorium situated in Lithuania s southern town of Druskininkai, as its workers staged a protest in Vilnius on Thursday. Two committees in the Lithuanian Seimas made a decision on a possibility to turn to the Belarusian government with a proposal to buy this sanatorium out, and, of course, the Foreign Ministry will implement this proposal, recommendation of the Seimas committees, Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis told journalists on Thursday.