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Jan 21, 01:17
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The United States brought charges against the authorities of Belarus due to the incident with the Ryanair aircraft
The United States has charged a number of Belarusian officials with air piracy due to an incident with a Ryanair flight in May 2021. Relevant statement The Ministry of Justice posted on its website.
Charges were brought against the head of Belaeronavigatsia Leonid Churo, his deputy Oleg Kazyuchits and two employees of the Belarusian special services. They are believed to be involved in a “conspiracy to commit an act of air piracy” in order to deploy a Ryanair flight.
In May, a Ryanair plane en route from Athens to Vilnius made an emergency landing at Minsk Airport after a bomb was reported. On board was the former editor-in-chief of the opposition Nexta Telegram channel Roman Protasevich, who is a defendant in criminal cases in Belarus. He was detained at the airport and later arrested. A search on board the aircraft did not reveal any dangerous objects.
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