On the night of May 4, the first leader of independent Belarus, chairman of the Supreme Council of Belarus 1991-1994, died in Minsk. Stanislav Shushkevich, reports "

87-year-old Shushkevich fell ill with coronavirus in the spring, and in early April he even ended up in intensive care due to the complications of the virus.. He was released from the hospital last week.

In 1991-1994, Stanislav Shushkevich headed the Supreme Soviet of Belarus of the 12th convocation.

Also, it was he, as the head of the republic, who signed the Belovezhskaya agreements on the part of Belarus, which put an end to the existence of the USSR.

Stanislav Shushkevich second from left, between Leonid Kravchuk and Boris Yeltsin.

Participated in the first presidential elections, took fourth place.

Until 2018, he headed the Belarusian Social Democratic Hramada. Boldly criticized Lukashenka's policy.

In particular, in an interview with Deutsche Welle on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the signing of the Beloverzh Accords, he said that people in Belarus seized power for whom it became a drug, and therefore the country failed to follow a democratic path of development.. Lukashenka, according to him, was legally elected only once, and then he retained power only thanks to falsifications.