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She wrote that she had overheard Ramanas Pratasevičius’s dialogue with one of the crew members. According to the woman, Roman said, “Don’t do that. They’ll kill me, I’m a refugee.” A Raynair spokesperson said: “We must, we have no choice, it is Raynair’s international commitments.”
He also posted the photo after landing at Minsk airport. It features a man in uniform and the inscription says “we are treated like detainees.”
Another witness to the flight, tut.by, said that R. Pratasevičius seemed alarmed from the beginning of the flight, as if he knew something would happen.
According to the witness, the people who were traveling on the plane did not know who was flying with them. According to the witness, they were all checked outside by border guards with dogs, and some uniformed men appeared. R. Pratasevičius was inspected at least several times, and then three uniformed men took him somewhere.
Father: shock for us
“The shock to us of realizing what is happening does not fit into any logical framework and rules. We couldn’t even predict such a course of events, “Dmitrijus, the father of detained blogger Ramanas Pratasevičius, told tut.by.
Raman’s relatives learned of their son’s arrest through Telegram channels. The parents knew that the son was supposed to fly from Athens on May 23, but they did not know which flight or to which city he would fly. When they saw the news of the plane landing in Minsk from Athens, they immediately suspected something bad.
“When we learned of the fact that the Athens-Vilnius flight landed in Minsk, we suspected that something was wrong here. We thought that our son could have flown on this flight. That was the case. Furthermore, we learned from the telegram channels that he had been arrested, ”Raman’s father is quoted as saying.
He also recognized his son from photos posted online. What happened to the blogger himself, where he is now, is unknown to his parents. The Raman phone is off.
The parents confirmed that Raman had gone on vacation to Greece. A very small circle of people knew of his whereabouts. “It just came to our knowledge then. He didn’t want to tell anyone. And none of us could find out what we know, where our son is,” Father Raman from Belarus was shocked by the security operation.
A girlfriend was stopped and flew away
Also arrested was Sofia Sapega, a student at the European Humanities University (EHU), who was flying with R. Pratasevičius in exile at the 23rd Belarusian University in Vilnius. Belarusian media reported that when the plane turned towards Minsk, he tried to hand over his laptop to him, feeling that he would be arrested.
Ms. Sapega is a Russian citizen. On May 23, she returned from a vacation in Greece with her Belarusian friend to Vilnius. She was stopped when the plane landed in Minsk.
“As far as I know, Sofia was born in Russia, graduated from school in Belarus and then went to study in Lithuania. She met Roman somewhere half a year ago, an acquaintance of Sofia is quoted by tut.by. – I think that Sofía was apolitical. She draws, she is interested in fashion “.
According to this source, Sofia and Raman flew on vacation a few weeks ago.
For portal nn. Of Sofia’s father, Andrei Sapega confirmed that the detainee is his daughter. He did not know how she was in Europe. According to the relatives of the girl’s father, they live in Vladivostok, Russia, and have not had too strong a connection, so they cannot comment on the situation. Despite the fact that she is detained, they already knew.
Ramanas Pratasevičius is a Belarusian activist, blogger, and founder of news channels that the Lukashenko regime has recognized as extremists. In November last year, the Investigative Committee of Belarus brought a criminal case against R. Pratasevičius under various articles. He is accused not only of organizing mass riots, but also of inciting hatred, actively participating in acts that violate public order, etc. The Belarusian KGB has added it to the list of “organizations and individuals involved in terrorist activities”.
A passenger on a plane landing in Minsk filmed what happened on the plane:
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