The police began an investigation after Vitaly Shishov went missing in Kyiv and was found dead in a park near his home.
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Belarusian Sprinter Who Feared for Her Safety Is Offered Asylum in Poland
Kristina Timanovskaya sought help at a Tokyo airport as her country tried to forcibly send her home from the Olympics.
Olympic Sprinter From Belarus Seeks Refuge in Japan, Fearing Jail at Home
Belarus tried to force the sprinter, Kristina Timanovskaya, to return home after she criticized her coaches for registering her for the wrong event.
Pulling Levers in Exile, Belarus Opposition Leader Works to Keep Her Influence Alive
As a crackdown widens in her country, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya is trying to build a broad phalanx of Western opposition to a dictatorship that she says is on its “last breaths.”
Migrants in Lithuania Caught Up in Battle Between Belarus and E.U.
The European Union member country says the president of Belarus, Aleksandr G. Lukashenko, is encouraging migrants to cross their shared border as revenge for E.U. sanctions.
Belarus Transfers Opposition Figure to House Arrest
The Belarusian authorities released Roman Protasevich and his Russian girlfriend, Sofia Sapega, from prison after the E.U. imposed stiff sanctions.
Belarus Faces Expanded E.U. and U.S. Sanctions, Targeting Economy
In a new effort to punish the Lukashenko government for repression, Western countries jointly focused on industries crucial to the country, including potash and finance.
Roman Protasevich, Jailed Belarusian Activist, Claims to Have Renounced His Views
Roman Protasevich, who recently compared the country’s autocratic leader to Hitler, is not the first dissident to renounce his views after spending time in a Belarus prison.
‘It’s All Ruined’: Young Woman Caught Up in Belarus Clampdown
Sofia Sapega looked forward to finishing law school and was not particularly political, friends said. But in Belarus, having a relationship with a dissident can now mean jail.
A U.N. Declaration on Ending AIDS Should Have Been Easy. It Wasn’t.
Even with U.N.’s previous goals unmet, delegates tried to water down provisions regarding protections for vulnerable populations and patents for essential drugs.