Chizh and Moshensky awarded with the Order of Fatherland 3rd Class

"Purses" of Lukashenka received high award.

Orders, medals and honorary titles of Belarus were bestowed upon 77 representatives of various professions in recognition of many-years fruitful work, exemplary fulfillment of service duties and professional excellence. President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko signed decree No. 279 “Concerning the conferment of state awards” on 20 June, BelTA learned from the presidential press service.

The Order of Fatherland 3rd Class was bestowed upon Director General of the Belarusian-German joint venture Santa Impex Brest Alexander Moshensky and Director General of OOO Triple Yuri Chizh.

The EU put Yury Czyzh on the blacklist as a sponsor of the Belarusian dictator and banned the oligarch from entering the EU. Czyzh's 18 companies were also hit by sanctions. EUobserver called Alyaksandr Mashenski among possible targets of sanctions, because the Brest-based businessman was “instrumental in Lukashenka's 2010 presidential election campaign and is said to rank as the number three most influential tycoon behind Peftiev and Chizh”.