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Sofia Sapega was traveling from Greece to Lithuania with her romantic partner, Roman Protasevich, when the Belarusian air traffic control diverted their plane to Minsk, where they were both arrested.
Sophia Sapega, a Russian citizen, said she would appeal to Russian President Vladimir Putin to intervene.
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