Artem Igorevich SikorskiPerson

Also known as

• Artsiom Igaravich Sikorski
• Арцём Ігаравіч Сікорскі (Cyrl)
• Artem Igorevich Sikorskiy
• Артем Игоревич Сикорский (Cyrl)
• Artsiom Igaravich Sikorskiy

Designations

• Designated by UK HM Treasury (OFSI) under program Belarus since 2021-06-21. Other entities under Belarus

Source remarks: BEL0101 — In his capacity as Director of the Aviation Department at the Ministry of Transport and Communication of the Republic of Belarus, Artsiom Sikorski is responsible for the state management in the sphere of civil aviation and supervision of air traffic control. He is therefore responsible for the forced redirection and landing of Ryanair passenger flight FR4978 at Minsk airport, without proper justification, on 23 May 2021. In doing so, Sikorski acted at the direction of Alexander Lukashenko and in conjunction with the Belarusian Ministry of Defence. These politically motivated decisions were aimed at detaining and arresting the opposition journalist and civil society actor Roman Protasevich and Protasevich’s partner Sofia Sapega and are a form of repression against civil society and democratic opposition in Belarus. Therefore, Artsiom Sikorski is responsible for the repression of civil society and democratic opposition in Belarus and so undermined democracy and the rule of law there. (official source)

Key properties

Date of birth

1983

Place of birth

Soligorsk, Minsk region/Oblast

Nationality

BY

Position

Director for the Aviation Department of the Ministry of Transport and Communication

Source list & list version

Last confirmed present in UK OFSI Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets list version gb_hmt_ofsi@2026-06-03, observed 2026-06-03.

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