Vitaly Shishov, the head of the Kiev-based Belarusian House in Ukraine (BDU) organization, was reported missing by his partner on Monday after going for a run, police said. Ukrainian police opened a criminal case and said they would investigate whether Shishov's death was a suicide or "premeditative murder meant to look like suicide." In a statement on Tuesday, the BDU said Shishov had been "under surveillance" and that they had received warnings about possible threats prior to his death. Shishov "went out, presumably for a daily jog (his sports things were not found at home) and did not return. On Tuesday the BDU said Shishov was "under surveillance" before his death and described him as a threat to the Lukashenko regime.

Source: CNN August 03, 2021 07:29 UTC