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Belarus Activist's Girlfriend Held on Suspicion of 'Crimes' Sofiya Sapega, a Russian citizen, was detained in Minsk on Sunday. Instagram / sapega_sofia_ The Russian girlfriend of a Belarusian dissident arrested with him when their plane was diverted to Minsk is being held on suspicion of crimes at the time of protests last year, Moscow said Tuesday. Sofiya Sapega, a 23-year-old law student at the European Humanities University (EHU) in Lithuania, was detained along with opposition journalist Roman Protasevich, 26, when their Athens-to-Vilnius flight ...

The two ministers also discussed a number of current issues of bilateral relations and the situation in the region

25 May in 12:00 Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken hold talks with German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas, U.S. State Department spokesperson Ned Price said. "Secretary Blinken and Foreign Minister Maas discussed coordination on next steps to respond to events in Belarus and relief efforts in Gaza, as well as the importance of revitalizing the NATO Alliance through an ambitious NATO 2030 process," the statement reads. The talks followed Sunday’s incident when a Ryanair flight en route from Athens to Vilnius was forced to land at Minsk’s airport after a reported bomb threat. The plane lan...

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Top stories from the Russian press on Tuesday, May 25th © AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis Kommersant: West slaps new sanctions on Belarus after Ryanair plane’s forced landing The forced landing in Minsk of a Vilnius-bound Ryanair plane that left Greece on May 23 due to a bomb threat, which later turned out to be a false alarm, was the main issue discussed at the EU summit that kicked off in Brussels on Monday evening. The forced landing and the arrest of opposition figure Roman Protasevich, who was among the passengers, showed that it is possible that Belarusian-EU relations can go from bad to...