On Monday, the United Kingdom's Foreign and Commonwealth Office has taken measures to impose sanctions on several individuals and entities in Belarus in reaction to the presidential election.
Alexander Lukashenko secured a seventh five-year term with a high vote share of over 87%, although all four of his opponents openly backed the existing regime, with actual political opponents either in prison or in exile.
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In the country, and on several Belarusian defense companies.
Igor Karpenko, Chairman of the Belarusian Central Election Commission, was among those targeted with sanctions by the UK on Monday, including Viktor Alexandrovich Dubrovka, Pavel Ivanovich Kazakov and Andrey Mikhailovich Tsedrik, the heads and commanders of Belarusian prisons.
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