Opposition blogger and activist Roman Protasevich, who is accused of participating in an unsanctioned protest at the Kuropaty preserve, arrives for a court hearing in Minsk, Belarus. [Reuters]Belarusian authorities flagged what turned out to be a false bomb alert to force a Ryanair plane to land on Sunday. On landing, Protasevich was immediately separated, Mantas said. ON LUKASHENKO'S ORDERSBelarusian news agency BelTA reported that Lukashenko had personally ordered the warplane to escort the Ryanair plane to Minsk. Nauseda urged "NATO and EU allies to immediately react to the threat posed to international civil aviation by the Belarus regime."

Source: Standard Digital May 25, 2021 13:41 UTC