Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko, who is not recognized as the legitimate president of the nation because of his rigged Aug. 9, 2020, presidential election, is taunting Ukraine.
On the anniversary of the stolen vote, Lukashenko called on Ukraine to find out “who hanged a Belarusian citizen and how,” referring to the death of Vitaliy Shyshov, a dissident and head of Belarus House in Ukraine. Shyshov was found hanged in a Kyiv park on Aug. 2. He was living in Ukraine in exile.
We’re tempted to tell the smug and smirking Lukashenko to look in the mirror if wants to see who killed Shyshov.
Ukrainian law enforcement must rise to the challenge of proving whether Shyshov was murdered or died by suicide, and who is responsible for his death, if indeed he was murdered. Thus far, Ukrainian investigators and prosecutors have a dismal track record. Dozens of cases could be cited, but simply mentioning the unsolved murders of journalists Georgiy Gongadze in 2000 and Pavel Sheremet in 2016 will suffice.
Since Lukashenko is so interested in Ukrainian law enforcement finding justice, we have a few of our own demands for the dictator. In 1999 and 2000, four prominent Lukashenko opponents disappeared and are presumed dead. They were: Yury Zakharenko, Viktor Gonchar, Anatoly Krasovsky, and Dmitriy Zavadsky.
Where are they Lukashenko and who killed them?
