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The Russian embassy continues to take all measures to support Sapega Sofia Sapega© REUTERS/Stringer MINSK, May 25. /TASS/. An officer of the Russian embassy in Belarus met on Tuesday with Russian national Sofia Sapega, who is being kept at a detention facility of the Belarusian State Security Committee (KGB), Alexei Maskalev, the embassy’s spokesman, told TASS. "A representative from the Russian embassy in Belarus has met with Russian national Sapega," he said, adding that the Russian embassy is staying in contact with her relatives. Later, Maskalev told the Rossiya-24 TV channel that t...

By Published May 25 at 11:45 am Young women stand with posters reading 'I am, we are Roman Protasevich' in the arrival area as passengers disembark from a Ryanair passenger plane from Athens, Greece, that was intercepted and diverted to Minsk on the same day by Belarus authorities, after it landed at Vilnius International Airport, its initial destination, on May 23, 2021. Photo by AFP On May 23, Belarus made headlines around the world for diverting a commercial flight. Ryanair’s Boeing...

Merkel says ready to discuss Ryanair flight incident in Minsk with Putin A Vilnius-bound Ryanair flight that took off from Athens was forced to make an emergency landing at Minsk International Airport on May 23 after a reported bomb threat BERLIN, May 25. /TASS/. German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday she is ready to discuss the incident with the forced landing of a Ryanair flight in Minsk with Russian President Vladimir Putin. "Yesterday, we had no verified information about Russia’s role, so we refrained from saying anything on that matter. If I speak with the Russian president, ...

Andrey Sapega and Anna Dudich, parents of Sofia Sapega who was arrested in Minsk on Sunday alongside her boyfriend Roman Protasevich, have spoken of their fears that she will be tortured in jail.

Daily Times May 25, 2021 Belarus air traffic control told a Vilnius-bound Ryanair flight that a bomb was on board and suggested it divert to Minsk, according to a transcript released by the transport ministry Tuesday. The forced grounding of the European passenger flight Sunday sparked a global outcry with EU-based carriers cutting air links with Belarus and European leaders warning of fresh sanctions. The aviation department of the Belarus transport ministry released a transcript of what it says was the conversation between Minsk airport and the Ryanair pilot: “We have information from spe...