協助白俄羅斯流亡人士在烏克蘭失蹤 警方證實：陳屍公園 ｜ 蘋果新聞網 ｜ 蘋果日報
白俄羅斯去年爆發大規模反政府示威後，大批異議人士遭到清算，許多人被迫逃離祖國。在烏克蘭協助外逃白俄羅斯人的組織「白俄羅斯之家」領導人席紹夫（Vitaly Shishov）周一卻失蹤。
基輔警方今天（8/3）宣布，席紹夫被人發現在離家不遠處的公園上吊死亡，不排除「把謀殺偽裝成自殺」，已經朝謀殺方向偵辦。
席紹夫周一（8/2）清晨在基輔出門慢跑後即不見蹤影，伴侶報案後，警方追蹤他的手機訊號，並在他慢跑的慣行路線林間搜尋，但均一無所獲。有朋友指出他近日遭到跟蹤。當局已通知烏克蘭邊界守衛隊留意是否有他的行蹤。
包括烏克蘭、波蘭、立陶宛等國家，都是許多白俄羅斯異議人士的流亡目的地。席紹夫領導的「白俄羅斯之家」協助許多流亡人士安頓，提供尋找住宿地點、就業與法律諮詢。
就在席紹夫失蹤當天，也傳出白俄羅斯東奧短跑女將齊瑪諾斯卡婭（Krystsina Tsimanouskaya）接受波蘭政府協助，將前往華沙尋求庇護。齊瑪諾斯卡婭因在社群媒體批評教練，周日（8/1）遭教練團逼迫退賽返國，但她拒絕登上返國班機。
今年5月，白俄羅斯異議記者普羅塔塞維奇（Roman Protasevich）從希臘搭機飛往立陶宛時，所搭乘的英國瑞安航空（Ryanair）班機也遭白俄羅斯軍機脅迫降落於明斯克，普羅塔塞維奇與女友因而被捕。（國際中心／綜合外電報導）
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Belarus exile group leader Vitaly Shishov found dead in Kyiv, police say
The head of a Kyiv-based non-profit organisation that helps Belarusians fleeing persecution has been found dead in a park in the Ukrainian capital, police have said.
Vitaly Shishov, the head of Belarusian House in Ukraine (BDU), was reported missing by his partner on Monday after he did not return from a run and could not be reached on his mobile phone.
“Belarusian citizen Vitaly Shishov, who had gone missing in Kyiv yesterday, was today found hanged in one of the Kyiv parks, not far from where he lived,” police said in a statement, adding that they had opened a murder investigation and would pursue all leads including a possible “murder disguised as a suicide”.
Friends of Shishov said he had been followed by “strangers” while jogging recently, the human rights organisation Viasna said on Telegram. The organisation said on Monday it was not able to contact Shishov, who it said had left his residence at 9am (0700 BST) and was supposed to have returned an hour later.
Ukraine, Poland and Lithuania have become safe havens for Belarusians during a violent crackdown by the country’s strongman president, Alexander Lukashenko, on any form of dissent since mass protests erupted after last year’s disputed elections.
Belarusian authorities have characterised anti-government protesters as criminals or violent revolutionaries backed by the west, describing the actions of law enforcement agencies as adequate and necessary.
BDU helps Belarusians find accommodation, jobs and legal advice, according to its website. In a separate statement, the organisation said it was not able to contact Shishov.
Shishov’s disappearance comes as Belarusian athlete Krystsina Tsimanouskaya said she was forced to withdraw from the Tokyo Olympics and threatened with forced repatriation for criticising her athletics federation on social media.
The sprinter, who was granted a humanitarian visa from Poland on Monday, said she feared being jailed if she returned to her country, where the authorities have targeted the president’s opponents, rights activists and journalists.
Her husband, Arseny Zdanevich, told AFP he had fled from Belarus to Ukraine and was hoping to join his wife “in the near future”.
Lukashenko and his son Viktor have been banned from Olympic events over the targeting of athletes for their political views.
The president sparked international outrage in May by dispatching a fighter jet to intercept a Ryanair plane flying from Greece to Lithuania in order to arrest a dissident onboard.
With Reuters and Agence France-Presse
Ex-Bellator heavyweight champ Vitaly Minakov returns to fight Tyrell Fortune at Bellator Moscow
Vitaly Minakov is back in action and back home.
Officials announced Monday that the former heavyweight champion is set to fight Tyrell Fortune (11-1, 1 NC) at Bellator’s upcoming event in Moscow on Oct. 23. This will be Minakov’s first fight since August 2019. The bout was first reported by TASS.
This will also be just the third fight for Minakov (22-1) since he returned to Bellator two years ago. Minakov went 5-0 in his first run with Bellator before parting ways with the promotion following a contract dispute. He then went 7-0 for Russia’s Fight Nights Global before re-signing with Bellator in 2019 and losing a unanimous decision to Cheick Kongo at Bellator 216.
Most recently, Minakov rebounded from that Bellator 225 loss, defeating Timothy Johnson by first-round knockout.
Fortune has won three straight (excluding one no-contest) since losing the first fight of his career to Johnson at Bellator 239 in February 2020. Since then, he’s scored victories over Matt Mitrione, Jack May, and Said Sowma, including back-to-back first-round finishes of Mitrione and May.
Bellator Moscow is headlined by heavyweight legend Fedor Emelianenko facing an opponent to be announced.