Viktar Sheiman, one of Belarusian strongman Alexander Lukashenko’s closest allies and a figure believed to have run death squads in the past, has abruptly resigned.
RFE/RL: Belarusian ruler’s right-hand man abruptly resigns
The representative of Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko, Viktor Sheiman, speaks during the Fifth High Level Joint Commission Venezuela-Belarus in Caracas, on Sept. 29, 2011.
