“Roman Protasevich, founder of the opposition telegram channel Nexta, was detained in Minsk. He was aboard a Ryanair flight en route from Athens to Vilnius, Lithuania. The flight landed at the national airport of Minsk after receiving a message about a bomb threat. The passengers were removed from the plane and sent to the airport for a second inspection, during which Protasevich was detained, reports Nexta. Before the flight, according to this telegram channel, Protasevich said that he had noticed that he was being followed.”
“At the Minsk airport, TASS confirmed that the Ryanair plane landed after the signal about a bomb planted on board, and the luggage and passengers were sent for re-examination. ‘After completing all the necessary procedures, the plane will take off on the route,’ – said the representatives of the airport. In November 2020, the co-founders of Nexta, Roman Protasevich and Stepan Putilo, were included by the Belarusian KGB in the list of individuals involved in terrorist activities. The Investigative Committee of Belarus has charged journalists with organizing riots in Minsk and inciting social hostility towards representatives of the authorities and police. The telegram channel Nexta itself and its logo are recognized as extremist materials on the territory of Belarus” – Meduza, translated from Russian by Google, edited by National Zero for clarity.