BBC
Western countries have condemned Belarus for diverting a plane flying over its territory to arrest a Belarusian opposition journalist.
EU leaders are due to discuss their response to what the union’s executive called a “hijacking” and the US state department said was “a shocking act”.
Belarus scrambled a fighter jet to force the plane – bound for Lithuania – to land, claiming a bomb threat.
Police came and took Roman Protasevich away when passengers disembarked.
The 26-year-old was aboard the Ryanair plane, which was flying from the Greek capital, Athens. The aircraft was due to land in Vilnius, but was still in Belarusian airspace when it was told to divert it to their own capital, Minsk.
Witnesses said the activist was “super-scared” and told fellow passengers he would face the death penalty – Belarus is the only European country that still executes prisoners.
State media in Belarus said President Alexander Lukashenko had personally given the order for the move. The plane landed in Vilnius more than six hours after its scheduled arrival. More
Coming to America, soon!
The Euroweenies will wring their hands, pout & whine, look to America, & SlowJoe will look stupid and go – “Huh?!” 🙄
You think Nancy Pelosi hasn’t already considered using this tactic against President Trump? Give her time.
The intrepid team of Hunter Biden and former secretary of state John Kerry are probably already negotiating the release of this unfortunate soul, that or sell us all out again for a spot on the Board of Directors or part ownership of an investment fund.
Double standards much:
In a Facebook post, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Western countries were showing double standards in their reaction to the Ryanair plane grounding incident.
“Either they should be shocked by everything: from the forced landings in Austria of the plane of the president of Bolivia at the request of the United States and in Ukraine after 11 minutes of takeoff of a Belarusian flight with an Antimaidan activist. Or they should not be shocked by similar behavior by others”
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/russia-mocks-western-outrage-belarus-plane-arrest
What a revolting development.
Elwood –
Yep. They all agreed to it. All the ones complaining. lol
I bet that dude was important to biden’s people. They seem to have a lot of sandy vaginas over it.