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Belarus exile group leader Vitaly Shishov found dead in Kyiv, police say
The head of a Kyiv-based non-profit organisation that helps Belarusians fleeing persecution has been found dead in a park in the Ukrainian capital, police have said.
Vitaly Shishov, the head of Belarusian House in Ukraine (BDU), was reported missing by his partner on Monday after he did not return from a run and could not be reached on his mobile phone.
“Belarusian citizen Vitaly Shishov, who had gone missing in Kyiv yesterday, was today found hanged in one of the Kyiv parks, not far from where he lived,” police said in a statement, adding that they had opened a murder investigation and would pursue all leads including a possible “murder disguised as a suicide”.
Friends of Shishov said he had been followed by “strangers” while jogging recently, the human rights organisation Viasna said on Telegram. The organisation said on Monday it was not able to contact Shishov, who it said had left his residence at 9am (0700 BST) and was supposed to have returned an hour later.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/03/belarus-exile-group-leader-vitaly-shishov-missing-in-kyiv-police-say
Vitaly Shishov, the head of Belarusian House in Ukraine (BDU), was reported missing by his partner on Monday after he did not return from a run and could not be reached on his mobile phone.
“Belarusian citizen Vitaly Shishov, who had gone missing in Kyiv yesterday, was today found hanged in one of the Kyiv parks, not far from where he lived,” police said in a statement, adding that they had opened a murder investigation and would pursue all leads including a possible “murder disguised as a suicide”.
Friends of Shishov said he had been followed by “strangers” while jogging recently, the human rights organisation Viasna said on Telegram. The organisation said on Monday it was not able to contact Shishov, who it said had left his residence at 9am (0700 BST) and was supposed to have returned an hour later.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/03/belarus-exile-group-leader-vitaly-shishov-missing-in-kyiv-police-say
Belarus - ruled by even more of a tyrant than Russia.
