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Slutsky accused the European Parliament of double standards due to its reaction to the Ryanair incident MOSCOW, May 24. /TASS/. The reaction that members of the European Parliament displayed over the emergency landing of a Ryanair flight in the Belarusian capital of Minsk exposed the West’s double standards, Russian State Duma (the lower house of parliament) Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Leonid Slutsky told reporters on Monday. "The initiative by members of the European Parliament that the Committee on Foreign Affairs hold an emergency debate on the incident surrounding the emergency ...

EU slams Belarus flight diversion and journalist arrest May 24, 2021 European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen seen in this file photo. BRUSSELS — The European Union, the US and UK have condemned the diversion of a flight by Belarus on Sunday to arrest a journalist. European leaders are to discuss the situation at a meeting on Monday, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said, warning, "the outrageous and illegal behavior of the regime in Belarus will have consequences." "Those responsible for the Ryanair hijacking must be sancti...

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has joined a number of EU leaders in condemning Belarus over an act of "state terrorism" after the Eastern European country forced a Ryanair flight to land in Minsk so that a wanted opposition activist could be arrested. 

The diplomatic mission requested consular access to the young woman detained in Minsk Russian embassy in Belarus© AP Photo/Sergei Grits SOCHI, May 24. /TASS/. Russian diplomats in Belarus have requested consular access to the Russian citizen detained in Minsk on a Ryanair flight on Sunday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Monday during a press conference, answering a question by TASS. "You’ve mentioned the Belarusian citizen, and as far as we know, his acquaintance, a Russian citizen, was also with him. We have already contacted her father, and our embassy addressed the Bel...

Tikhanovskaya lies by saying consul refuses to meet with detained Russian, says source Sofiya Sapega was detained in Minsk on Sunday together with Roman Protasevich, one of the co-founders of the Nexta Telegram channel, recognized as extremist in Belarus Svetlana Tikhanovskaya© EPA-EFE/TOMS KALNINS MOSCOW, May 24./TASS/. Former candidate for the Belarusian presidency Svetlana Tikhanovskaya is lying when she says that the Russian consul in Minsk has refused to meet with detained Russian national Sofiya Sapega, a source from the Russian Foreign Ministry told TASS on Monday. "This is a bold l...