President for Special Commissions. Later, 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. In its decision, the EU Council accused Sheiman of being "responsible for the unresolved disappearances of Yuri Zakharenko, Viktor Gonchar, Anatoly Krasovski and Dmitri Zavadski in Belarus in 1999–2000. Former Secretary of the Security Council. Sheiman remains a Special Assistant/Aid to the President." According to the Pandora Papers, Viktor Sheiman's son Sergei Sheiman owned 50% of offshore company "Midlands Goldfields Foundation" (established in 2017) with Belarusian-American businessman owning another 50%. This company (via British "Midlands Goldfields Limited") owned 70% of "Zim GoldFields Limited" which operated gold exploration and mining projects in Zimbabwe. Viktor Sheiman visited Zimbabwe at least twice and later reported about the big mining deal with this country. According to the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, Viktor Sheiman and Aleksandr Zingman visited Zimbabwe together. Political scientist Vytis Jurkonis characterized the offshore scheme with a company of Zingman and Sheiman's son as an example of nepotism and conflict of interest. Journalist Stas Ivashkevich suggested that the business of Sergei Sheiman was created to make a profit from the deals made by Viktor Sheiman on behalf of the Belarusian government. Ranks and titles On 6 December 1996 – Major General On 28 November 2000 – State Adviser of Justice, II class On 25 November 2004 – State Adviser of Justice, I class On 29 November 2004 – Higher Class of the Employee of Government Apparatus Awards Order of Merit for the Fatherland, II degree (2003) Order of Merit for the Fatherland (1998) Order of the Red Banner of Labour Order of the Red Star Medal For Courage Criticism 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. Political opposition groups and international human rights organizations accuse Sheiman of organizing "death squads" responsible for killing members of organized criminal groups, opposition politicians and Russian Channel One cameraman Dzmitry Zavadski. In 2006, he was placed on a list of over 40 members of the Belarusian government banned from entering the European Union and the United States for allegedly participating in the manipulation of the results of the presidential election; the ban was lifted in 2008. In 2018, Viktor Sheiman was under sanctions under