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Belarus Isolation Grows As Air Links Cut Over Diverted Plane 05/25/21 AT 9:12 AM Belarus's regime was increasingly isolated Tuesday as Europe cut air links and calls grew for more action over its diversion of an airliner and arrest of a dissident on board. After weathering a wave of protests and Western sanctions last year, President Alexander Lukashenko was facing extraordinary new pressure over Sunday's rerouting of the Ryanair flight to Minsk and arrest of opposition journalist Roman Protasevich. More Western leaders joined calls demanding Protasevich's release, after the European Union ag...

Head of think-tank the Tallinn-based International Center for Defense and Security (ICDS) Indrek Kannik says Sunday's hijacking of a civilian airliner by Belarusian authorities constitutes state terrorism and is likely to be followed by serious sanctions.

Russian diplomat slams West’s reaction to Ryanair flight incident as hysteria Maria Zakharova called the policy of Western countries in respect to the Ryanair incident preconceived due to the Belarus crisis MOSCOW, May 25. /TASS/. The reaction by Western countries to the emergency landing of a Ryanair flight in the Belarusian capital of Minsk is nothing more than hysteria, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told the Vesti FM radio station on Tuesday. Read also The diplomat pointed out that several planes had been forced to land at the request of Western nations in the ...

3 more materials "On Monday, we signed a contract with the attorney. As of yesterday evening, [the lawyer] was unable to meet with her," Dudich said. According to him, Sofia is being held at a detention center in Minsk. "The government has provided no comment so far. We only know that she has not been charged," the father stated. "We addressed the Embassy of the Russian Federation, and we met with the consul. He promised to support us in every way possible, and the embassy requested access to the detained woman," Dudich said. Russian national Sofia Sapega was taken into custody at Minsk Airpo...

Belarus opposition calls for more pressure after plane arrest Toggle share menu Advertisement Protests were held in Poland calling for the release of Roman Protasevich AFP/Wojtek RADWANSKI 25 May 2021 05:41PM Share this content Bookmark MINSK: Belarus's opposition called on Tuesday (May 25) for more pressure on strongman Alexander Lukashenko as Europe moved to cut air links with the country over the extraordinary diversion of an airliner and arrest of a dissident on board. The forced landing of the Ryanair flight from Athens to Vilnius on Sunday and arrest of o...