12 Facts About Viktor Sheiman

Viktor Vladimirovich Sheiman is a Belarusian politician.

Viktor Sheiman has been sanctioned by both the European Union and the United States over the disappearances of Lukashenko's critics.

Viktor Sheiman graduated from the Blagoveshchenskoe Tank Command Red Banner School in Gorky Oblast and the Ministry of the Interior Academy of the Republic of Belarus in Minsk.

Viktor Sheiman was Secretary of the Commission of the Supreme Soviet for Questions of National Security, Defence and Crime Control.

Viktor Sheiman has been an active supporter of Alexander Lukashenko since his election in 1994.

In January 2009, the Press Secretary of the Security Council of Belarus stated that Viktor Sheiman was appointed Assistant to the President for Special Commissions.

Later, Viktor Sheiman was again made subject of an EU travel ban and asset freeze, following the crackdown of opposition protests after the 2010 presidential election in Belarus.

Viktor Sheiman visited Zimbabwe at least twice and later reported about the big mining deal with this country.

Viktor Sheiman has been criticized for using his position as Prosecutor General to close down by its action Court decision closed the main oppositional newspaper Svaboda.

In 2018, Viktor Sheiman was under sanctions under the US and the EU.

The United States extended the sanctions until June 2019, believing that Viktor Sheiman became a barrier to democratic processes in Belarus.

Viktor Sheiman is married, and has a son and a daughter.