Konstantin Shimakov, director of the Bagration Military History Museum in Volkovysk, who refused to sign the protocols following the presidential elections in Belarus, was found dead in a river near Volkovysk, writes TUT. by.

The body of a 29-year-old man was found by rescuers in a local river. The circumstances of his death are similar to suicide, the newspaper notes..

The media learned about the disappearance of Shishmakov on August 15. The man worked as a member of the election commission at one of the polling stations and refused to sign the final protocols, citing falsification of the results.

Later, he called his wife and said that he no longer intends to work as the director of the museum because of what happened..

The father of the deceased notes that Shishmakov left the polling station together with a member of the election commission, who also refused to sign the protocol. The deceased himself called his father that evening and said that they had signed for them, and at the exit from the site, the young people were offered a car that was supposed to take them home. They refused and went on foot.