Vitaly Shishov left Belarus last year after joining protests against its autocratic leader, Alexander Lukashenko. He settled in Kyiv, where he ran Belarusian House in Ukraine, a nonprofit group to support people fleeing his home country.
Protests in Belarus
The Week: Belarus’s war on dissidents
Chief of the Air Force and Air Defense Command of the Armed Forces of Belarus Igor Golub (L), Belarusian activist Roman Protasevich (C) and Chairman of the Investigative Committee of Belarus Dmitry Gora (R) enter the press center before a briefing for journalists and diplomats organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Belarus in Minsk on June 14, 2021.
