Sofia Sapega
Lukashenko and Putin Meet in Sochi, Tighten Friendly Embrace
Belarusian strongman Alexander Lukashenko meets Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi on Friday in a critical display of Moscow's support for Lukashenko's regime, a day after the UN civil aviation agency announced it would investigate Sunday's diversion of a Ryanair plane and the arrest of a journalist on board.
Belarus Lukashenko Lashes out at Western “Ill-Wishers”
The Belarusian leader said "ill-wishers" are "trying to strangle Belarus" in his first speech since a commercial flight was intercepted and a critical blogger arrested.
Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko hit out at Western powers on Wednesday, saying that his country's "ill-wishers" are "trying to strangle Belarus."
She had also "confessed" VIDEO
Namely, Sofia Sapega, otherwise a Russian citizen, was arrested when Protashevic was arrested, when the plane on the flight Athens-Vilnius was redirected to Minsk, where they were both detained.
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EU Leaders Agreed to Sanction Minsk over Ryanair Flight's Forced Landing
They called on the Council to ban overflight of EU airspace by Belarusian airlines and prevent access of their planes to EU airports
EU Council Imposes Sanctions on Belarus after ‘state-organised hijacking’ of Plane
The European Council has proposed an air traffic ban on Belarus amid outrage over the arrest of opposition journalist Roman Protasevich, after a Ryanair flight he was travelling on was forced to make an emergency landing in Minsk.
The ban will prevent Belarusian airlines from flying in the airspace of the 27 EU member states and prevent them from landing at airports in the EU.