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Published May 24, 2021, 9:52 AM MINSK, Belarus (AFP) – Belarus forced a Ryanair flight carrying a wanted opposition activist to land in the capital Minsk on Sunday, provoking a furious outcry from world leaders who described it as a “hijacking” and an “act of state terrorism.” Belarusian state television reported that Roman Protasevich, a 26-year-old dissident journalist exiled in Poland, had been detained in the capital Minsk after flight FR4978 was diverted from its Athens-to-Vilnius route, ostensibly over a security scare. After finally landing in Vilnius several hours after the ...

Global Outrage as Belarus Diverts Flight, Arrests Opposition Activist Roman Protasevich being detained at a rally in Minsk in 2017. AP / TASS Belarus forced a passenger plane carrying a wanted opposition activist to divert and land in its capital, provoking a furious outcry from world leaders who described it as an "act of state terrorism" ahead of an EU summit Monday expected to toughen sanctions on Minsk. Dissident journalist Roman Protasevich was detained on Sunday after Ryanair flight FR4978 was pulled from its Athens-to-Vilnius route and — ac...

24 May in 10:00 The Ryanair plane with Roman Protasevich, a former editor-in-chief of the Nexta Telegram channel, which has been recognized as extremist in Belarus, among its passengers was actually compelled to land in Minsk, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda said. "The Belarusian regime’s services compelled the passenger plane flying to Vilnius to land in Minsk," the presidential press service quoted him as saying. He called on NATO and EU allies to immediately react to the threat to international civil aviation from the Belarusian regime. Nauseda also demanded Protasevich, who was det...

No reason for West to be shocked by Ryanair flight incident, Russian diplomat says "The blood and suffering of millions of people across the world have yanked the pedestal from under Western demagogues, from where they have been preaching," Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova© Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs/TASS MOSCOW, May 24. /TASS/. There is no reason why Western countries should be shocked by the Ryanair flight incident, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova wrote on Facebook on Monday. "What...

Belarus sets up commission to investigate Ryanair plane’s forced landing A Vilnius-bound Ryanair flight that took off from Athens was forced to make an emergency landing at Minsk International Airport on Sunday after a reported bomb threat; Roman Protasevich, one of the co-founders of the Nexta Telegram channel, recognized as extremist in Belarus, was detained after the airliner had landed in the Belarusian capital © AP Photo/Martin Meissner MINSK, May 24. /TASS/. The Belarusian government has set up a commission to investigate the incident with the forced landing of a Vilnius-bound R...