First leader of Belarus Shushkevich dies

By Yuras Karmanau
Updated May 5 2022 - 3:21am, first published 3:17am
Former Belarus leader Stanislav Shushkevich (centre) played a key part in dissolving the USSR.
Former Belarus leader Stanislav Shushkevich (centre) played a key part in dissolving the USSR.

Stanislav Shushkevich, who steered Belarus to independence, served as its first leader and is reported to have taught Russian to John F Kennedy assassin Lee Harvey Oswald in the 1960s, has died at the age of 87.

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