Russian ally, Belarus, recently had an election that most believe was rigged in favor of Alexander Lukashenko. A young reporter violated the news blackout and reported on anti-Lukashenko protests following the general election through the Nexta Live channel he co-founded.
Lukashenko wants the dissident journalist Roman Protasevich arrested. Protasevich has been in exile in Poland since 2019.
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Today, under the guise of a possible security threat, Belarus basically forced a plane to land. Protasevich was a passenger on that plane. He was arrested and there was no threat.
It was a Ryanair flight from Greece to Lithuania, forced to land in Minsk. This was a hijacking but Belarus’s statements are unapologetic and mocking.
The way they did it was not-so-subtly pretending the “hijacking” was a request:
Belarus, an ally of Russia, said Monday its air traffic controllers could not “force” the Ryanair flight to land, and instead gave the plane’s crew “recommendations,” Reuters reported citing Russian news agency RIA Novosti.
Belarusian state-owned news agency BelTA reported that authorities scrambled a MiG-29 fighter jet to divert the flight as it neared the Lithuanian border following orders from strongman President Alexander Lukashenko.
Ryanair confirmed that the crew on flight FR4978 had been notified by Belarusian air traffic control of a potential security threat on board. The plane landed and safety checks were carried out but “nothing untoward was found.”
So, what they were saying is, you don’t have to land but there’s a Russian fighter jet on your wing.
It is now an international incident with Tony Blinken demanding Protasevich’s release, but why would they cooperate?
It’s another test.
The full story is at CNBC.
They also picked up his girlfriend and another passenger. He passed her his laptop and travel bag when the pilot announced the detour to Minsk because he knew what was up.
The global faculty lounge UN is having a stompy feet moment but keep poking the bear in its region for a base to launch operations from and there will be teeth on the ground.
The Globalists are very scared.
Let us remind you that Belarus is the freest country in Europe. There are no fines for the lack of masks, lockdown have never been. Complete freedom and safety!
The Evil Globalists are trying their best to portray Lukashenko as the bad guy, while it is the opposite.
The same story with Myanmar.
‼️ The head of Ryanair believes that officers of the special services of the KGB of Belarus were on board the plane with Protasevich.
The executive director of the Irish airline Ryanair, Michael O’Leary, claims that the special services of the Belarusian KGB were on board the plane that made an emergency landing in Minsk. The businessman said that the landing of the Ryanair plane, on which Roman Protasevich, the co-founder of the NEXTA Telegram channel wanted by the Belarusian authorities, was flying, was “an act of state-sponsored piracy.”
“I cannot talk about this in more detail, since the authorities of the European Union and NATO are currently dealing with this issue,” O’Leary said.
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“It seems that the goal of the Belarusian authorities was to detain the journalist and his companion. We believe that several employees of the special services of the Belarusian KGB got off the flight at the airport,” he added. O’Leary also said that many of the passengers and flight attendants were “scared” by the incident.Irish Foreign Minister Simon Covene said that Dublin has information about the presence of representatives of the Belarusian special services on board the plane.
Let us remind you that Belarus is the freest country in Europe. There are no fines for the lack of masks, lockdown have never been. Complete freedom and safety!
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