KYIV – Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka allegedly ordered the country’s security agency to plot the assassination of journalist Pavlo Sheremet with an explosive device in 2012, according to audio recordings that a former Belarusian spy chief released to a European news outlet.
Per those recordings, which were given to the EU Observer, Vadzim Zaytsau, who headed the Belarusian State Security Committee in 2008-2012, discussed a plan with his subordinates to assassinate Mr. Sheremet.