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(First Lady) Galina Lukashenko has been the First Lady of Belarus since 1994. She resides separately from her husband in Shklow and is seldom seen at public functions with him. Despite rumors of their separation, she has faced sanctions from multiple countries over alleged involvement in public corruption linked to Belarus. These sanctions involve designations as a Specially Designated National under the Magnitsky Act by the US Treasury, as well as sanctions from the US Department of State, Australia, New Zealand, and Ukraine.