[UPDATE – 18:05Z] Belarusian Journalist Arrested After His Flight Diverted To Minsk By Military Fighter Jet

Belarusian KGB hijacked a plane headed to Vilnius with a fake bomb threat to arrest a journalist wanted by Lukashenko. Roman Protasevich, founder of the telegram channel NEXTA, was detained at the Minsk-2 airfield. He flew on a flight Athens-Vilnius, in the sky over the Republic of Belarus, a signal was received that the plane was mined, after which it was decided to land the board. Where citizen Protasevich was detained. On behalf of A. Lukashenko, a MiG-29 fighter was raised to accompany the aircraft. A criminal case was opened against Protasevich himself for organizing mass riots. Remember that the…