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Russian authorities deny entry to European airlines as EU mulls sanctions on Belarus At least two European airlines have been refused permission to fly to Moscow by Russian authorities after the carriers requested to fly an alternative route bypassing Belarusian airspace. Russia’s move, underlining Moscow’s support for Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko’s regime, comes as the European Union mulls fresh sanctions against Belarus following what leaders have described as the state-sanctioned hijacking of a passenger flight over Belarus last Sunday. Austrian Airlines canceled a sched...

NEXTA Telegram channel co-founder asks Poland for additional protection According to Polish media reports, Polish intelligence agencies have already provided Stepan Putilo with a round-the-clock security detail in August 2020 WARSAW, May 27. /TASS/. Stepan Putilo, co-founder of NEXTA and NEXTA-Live Telegram channels, deemed extremist in Belarus, contacted Polish authorities with a request for additional protection, Putilo himself said at a press conference in Warsaw Thursday. "We ask Poland for additional protection," he said. "We are afraid for our life and health, because we receive threats...

The brazen hijacking of a Ryanair flight by the regime of the Belarusian president, Alexander Lukashenko, on Sunday 23 May in order to arrest dissident journalist Roman Protasevich, 26, and his girlfriend Sofia Sapega sparked outrage around the world. Protasevich was wanted by Lukashenko for his role in creating the Nexta channel on the encrypted messaging app Telegram. A few

According to Belarusian President, Roman Protasevich and his accomplices plotted a 'massacre and a bloody coup' in Belarus

Western powers prepared to pile sanctions on Belarus and cut off its aviation links on Monday (24 May), furious after it scrambled a warplane to intercept a Ryanair aircraft and arrest a dissident journalist, an act one leader denounced as ‘state piracy’. Belarus strongman Alexander Lukashenko sparked international outrage by dispatching a fighter jet Sunday to intercept a Ryanair flight from Athens to Vilnius carrying wanted reporter Roman Protasevich, 26, and his girlfriend Sofia Sapega. Belarus forced a plane carrying an opposition activist to land in its capital, provoking a furious o...