US agrees to ease sanctions on Belarus financial and potash sectors following release of 250 prisoners

20 March 2026

US agrees to ease sanctions on Belarus financial and potash sectors following release of 250 prisonersS.Tatiana/Shutterstock.com

The US has reportedly agreed to ease sanctions on Belarus’s financial sector and remove all remaining sanctions on potash companies Belaruskali, ​Belarusian ​Potash ⁠Company and Agrorozkvit. This follows the release of 250 prisoners by the Government of Belarus.

See our US-Belarus page for information on US sanctions on Belarus.

Michael O'Kane

Michael is Senior Partner at Peters & Peters Solicitors LLP. He has acted in many of the most high profile and sensitive business crime cases of the last 25 years, at Peters & Peters and as a prosecutor. Michael was called…

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