The United States may be one of the most noticeable individual actors when it comes to imposing sanctions on Belarus. However, many other states follow suit by using their national sanctions regimes in response to the Belarusian crisis. The EU member states are coming up with longer sanctions lists to complement the EU sanctions they are already obliged to implement. Non-EU states often base their sanctions on Magnitsky-style laws, specifically targeting the individuals associated with human rights abuses.
Some of the unilateral sanctions adopted in response to repressions in Belarus include:
- **The United Kingdom **had imposed financial sanctions on 115 Belarusian officials and 7 companies by December of 2020, followed by 11 more individuals and 2 entities in June 2021; Also, on July 21, 2021, the United Kingdom imposed sanctions against JSC “Agat-Electromechanical Plant”. On August 9, the United Kingdom imposed sanctions on products that can be used for surveillance and interception of communications over the telephone and the Internet; restricted trade in dual-use technologies, petroleum products, potassium chloride; goods used for the production of tobacco products. Restrictions have also been imposed on the issuance of certain financial instruments and their trading; on the provision of loans and insurance services to the Belarusian government and state bodies. Moreover, the sanctions also affected the “Belaeronavigation” enterprise. The peculiarity of the UK sanctions package is that Russian businessman Mikhail Gutseriev, known for his cooperation with the Lukashenka regime, also fell under the new package of sanctions. On December 2, 2021, the United Kingdom imposed sanctions against five employees of state propaganda, prosecutor Alina Kasyanchik, judge Natalya Buguk, head of GUBOPiK Andrei Parshin, and one legal entity - JSC “Belaruskali”.
- **Switzerland **has introduced travel bans and asset freezes in respect of 90 Belarusian officials, 59 of whom (including Lukashenko) were sanctioned in or prior to December of 2020; On July 7 it became known that Switzerland has widened its sanctions against Belarus - the Swiss government has added 78 individuals and seven organisations to its sanctions list for Belarus. On August 11, Switzerland also noted the introduction of sanctions that are almost identical to those of the United Kingdom. On December 20, 2021, the state again expanded sanctions against Belarus: 17 individuals and 11 companies that were previously included in the fifth package of EU sanctions were included in the sanctions list.
- Canada has imposed travel bans, asset freezes, and financial prohibition on 72 persons in total, adding 11 Belarusian individuals to its sanctions list in September 2020, 31 in October 2020, 13 in November 2020, and 17 additional individuals and five entities in June 2021; On August 9, in coordination with the United States and the United Kingdom, Canada also expanded the sanctions regime against the mentioned individuals and legal entities; On December 2, 2021 Canada imposed sanctions against 24 more people and 7 legal entities.
- Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania have compiled a joint list of 156 Belarusian officials subject to travel bans and asset freezes;
- Other European states, particularly non-member states of the EU, expressed their will to align themselves with the EU sanctions on Belarus. North Macedonia, Montenegro, Albania, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway express their will to enforce the first, second, third, and fourth rounds of sanction packages; Ukraine announced an intent to ensure that its national policies conformed to the Council Decision on the first and second packages of EU sanctions; Serbia joined the other nations in their support of the fourth package of the EU sanctions.