One Belarusian Diplomat Dead, New Foreign Minister Appointed Amid Cabinet Reshuffle

Belarusian opposition media reported on June 26th, 2024, that former Belarusian ambassador to Germany from 2016 to 2024, Dzjanis Sidarenka, threw himself out of a high-rise window in Minsk after intense interrogation from the Belarusian State Security Committee (KGB). He had been dismissed in March 2024 and was not appointed a replacement upon returning.