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Western powers prepared to pile sanctions on Belarus and cut off its aviation links on Monday (24 May), furious after it scrambled a warplane to intercept a Ryanair aircraft and arrest a dissident journalist, an act one leader denounced as ‘state piracy’. Belarus strongman Alexander Lukashenko sparked international outrage by dispatching a fighter jet Sunday to intercept a Ryanair flight from Athens to Vilnius carrying wanted reporter Roman Protasevich, 26, and his girlfriend Sofia Sapega. Belarus forced a plane carrying an opposition activist to land in its capital, provoking a furious o...

EU cuts air links with Belarus over forced plane landing as Roman Protasevich appears 'under duress' State television broadcast video of dissident journalist - with dark markings visible on his face - 'confessing' to organising mass unrest 25 May 2021 • 8:01am EU leaders agreed to cut air links with Belarus on Monday, as leader Alexander Lukashenko's regime paraded a dissident journalist arrested after his flight was forced to land in Minsk. Strongman Lukashenko sparked international outrage by dispatching a fighter jet Sunday to intercept a Ryanair flight from Athens to Vilnius carrying ...

More airlines announced they would no longer fly over Belarus after the diversion of a Ryanair flight by a fighter jet to arrest a dissident.

EU cuts air links with Belarus over forced plane landing Toggle share menu Advertisement EU cuts air links with Belarus over forced plane landing A Ryanair aircraft, which was carrying Belarusian opposition blogger and activist Roman Protasevich and diverted to Belarus, where authorities detained him, lands at Vilnius Airport in Vilnius, Lithuania on May 23, 2021. (Photo: REUTERS/Andrius Sytas) 25 May 2021 09:05AM (Updated: 25 May 2021 09:10AM) Share this content Bookmark BRUSSELS: European Union leaders cut Europe's air links with Belarus on Monday (May 2...

LONDON - Belarus opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya said Tuesday it is clear that Raman Pratasevich, the journalist ar