On the night of May 4, Stanislav Shushkevich, the first leader of the independent Republic of Belarus, died in Minsk.
He was 87 years old. By the way, Shushkevich's condition worsened after suffering COVID-19. Due to illness, he was in intensive care for some time.
This was reported by his wife Irina.
Shushkevich was a People's Deputy of the USSR, and then he was elected First Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada. After the August coup of 1991, he headed the Belarusian parliament. It was Stanislav Shushkevich from Belarus who signed the Belovezhskaya Agreement in 1991, which ended the existence of the USSR.
Poltik participated in the 1994 presidential election, but did not make it to the second round. It should be noted that Shushkevich criticized the policy of Alexander Lukashenko.
As reported, the armed forces of Belarus continue to strengthen the Ukrainian-Belarusian border in the Brest and Gomel regions.
