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He said the company was conducting an investigation into the hijacking, provided Cichanouskaja with a report on the results of the investigation, and said the company was working with ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization), Poland, Lithuania and Greece to collect material and evidence, “S said on Thursday. Cichanouskaya channel on the social network Telegram.
It is noted that “Cichanouskaya offered to support the filing of an international lawsuit against the Lukashenko regime for the hijacking of a plane, which became an act of air terrorism.”
On May 23, a Ryanair liner flying from Athens to Vilnius landed at Minsk airport. The airline reported that the plane landed in Minsk because Belarusian flight controllers reported a possible bomb on the plane. Information about the bomb was not confirmed later.
Raman Pratasevičius, a Belarusian opposition blogger, and his friend Sofia Sapega, a Russian citizen studying in Vilnius, were detained after the plane forcibly landed in Minsk.
R. Pratasevičius, together with his colleagues, founded the Belarusian opposition channel Nexta on the Telegram platform, which played a very important role in organizing unprecedented demonstrations against the authoritarian Belarusian President Aliaksandr Lukashenko last year after the presidential elections of August.
In late June, the Belarus Investigation Committee reported that Pratasevich and Sapega were giving “confessions” and asked for a pre-trial agreement on cooperation with the investigation. As a result, they were placed in pre-trial detention and placed under house arrest instead of prison.
Cichanouskaya participated in the presidential elections in Belarus on August 9 last year. She ran for the Election Commission without registering her husband, Siarhei Cichanouski’s initiative group. Mr. Cichanouski was subsequently jailed.
According to official data, S. Cichanouskaya received just over 10 percent during the elections. Lukashenko, who has ruled the country since 1994, was declared the winner. Western countries and the Belarusian opposition believe that the elections are rigged.
The chain recognizes S. Cichanouskaja as the leader of the Belarusian opposition forces, which were met by French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel, among others.
In early April, the Belarusian State Security Committee (KGB) added Cichanouskaya, his counterpart, opponent Pavel Latask, and 15 other citizens to terrorism lists.
