{"id":94424,"date":"2024-07-08T14:32:29","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T11:32:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/94424\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T20:10:49","slug":"us-diplomat-highlights-mysterious-death-of-belarusian-counterpart","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/94424\/","title":{"rendered":"US diplomat highlights mysterious death of Belarusian counterpart"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/sidorenko-denis-posol-20240626.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/sidorenko-denis-posol-20240626.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/sidorenko-denis-posol-20240626-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/sidorenko-denis-posol-20240626-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/sidorenko-denis-posol-20240626-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/sidorenko-denis-posol-20240626-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(Foreign ministry)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>July 8, <em>Pozirk<\/em>.<\/strong> Katherine Brucker, the US charg\u00e9 d&#8217;affaires, a.i. to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), has called the circumstances surrounding the recent death of Belarusian diplomat Dzianis Sidarenka &#8220;unclear and very troubling.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;As many in this room have heard, Dzianis died \u2013 reportedly by suicide \u2013 June 23 following intense interrogation and polygraph tests administered by the Belarusian KGB following his return to Minsk upon completion of eight years in Berlin as Ambassador to Germany,&#8221; Brucker <a href=\"https:\/\/osce.usmission.gov\/on-the-death-of-a-former-osce-colleague\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">told<\/a> the OSCE in Vienna on July 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;There are reports his body showed signs of torture,&#8221; she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She mentioned Sidarenka&#8217;s previous work at the OSCE, describing him as a kind man, a talented linguist and an effective diplomat for Belarus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brucker said the true circumstances of Sidarenka&#8217;s death may never be known, and called on the international organization to find ways to honor his memory and service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also read: <a href=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/92803\/\">Sidarenka, a former Belarusian ambassador to Germany, dies at 48<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>July 8, Pozirk. 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