The head of the NGO Belarusian House in Ukraine, which helps Belarusians fleeing repression from their homeland, disappeared in Kiev on Monday. With reference to the organization itself, the Ukrainian, Russian and Belarusian media inform about it. According to Reuters, the Ukrainian police confirmed the reported disappearance. According to the Belarusian House in Ukraine, Vital Shishov probably went for a run in the morning and never returned.
Representatives of the organization searched the area where he usually ran, but found no trace of it. The handler helps them in the search, writes the RBK-Ukraine server. According to this server, Šišov is also being searched by the Ukrainian police, which stated on their website that they are looking for a foreigner born in 1995.
“We will investigate until there is information about what happened to him,” a Ukrainian police spokesman told Reuters.
Ukraine, Poland and Lithuania have given refuge to many Belarusians who have fled their homeland due to repression by the regime of authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko following last year’s presidential election, Reuters reported.
According to official results, Lukashenko, who has ruled the Eastern European country hard since 1994, won again. According to the opposition, the European Union and some other countries, the election results were falsified in favor of the president. The election was followed by mass protests, against which security forces hit hard and arrested tens of thousands of people.
According to its website, the Belarusian House in Ukraine helps refugee Belarusians find accommodation, work and provides them with legal advice.
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