Ryanair Flight 4978

SeigSoloyvov wrote:

PhSt wrote:So.. did Lukashenko folded and released the CIA sponsored Extremist??

Ryanair flight lands in Vilnius after forced landing in Minsk

VILNIUS, May 23. /TASS/. A Ryanair flight flying from Athens to Vilnius has finally landed at the Vilnius airport after a forced landing in Minsk, Gabrielius Landsbergis said on Sunday.

"The plane has landed at the Lithuanian capital’s airport," he told journalists.

There were some 170 passengers from 12 counties, including 90 Lithuanian nationals, onboard the plane.

Romat Protasevich, a co-founder of the Nexta Telegram channel, which had been recognized as extremist in Belarus, was among the passengers. He is wanted in Belarus and is living in Lithuania. The man was detained after the plane’s landing.

Ya know just because someone is in opposition to another doesn't mean they are a CIA assist.

Maybe before you throw those accusations around you back it up with some facts, but I guess that is to hard.

SeigSoloyvov wrote:literally, nothing you showed or said proved or showed me the guy arrested was a CIA stooge. What other people say or do has nothing to do with the actions of another

I will say this again, just because someone opposes someone, that doesn't mean they are employed or used by the CIA.

The logic "Oh he opposed Luka, he must be part of the CIA" is, to be frank, absolutely moronic. By that logic anyone in the US who opposes the government is employed by the kremlin.

Don't respond to me with stupid comments like that, the bias on this forum is ridiculous.

lancelot wrote:

SeigSoloyvov wrote:literally, nothing you showed or said proved or showed me the guy arrested was a CIA stooge. What other people say or do has nothing to do with the actions of another

I will say this again, just because someone opposes someone, that doesn't mean they are employed or used by the CIA.

The logic "Oh he opposed Luka, he must be part of the CIA" is, to be frank, absolutely moronic. By that logic anyone in the US who opposes the government is employed by the kremlin.

Don't respond to me with stupid comments like that, the bias on this forum is ridiculous.

Do not be retarded. Just read his Wikipedia page.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Protasevich

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He worked in the Azov Battalion press service.
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He also worked for the Belarusian edition of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
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Protasevich ran the Nexta Telegram channel together with its co-creator Sciapan Pucila (Stepan Putilo). In August 2020, after Belarusian authorities tried to disable internet access during the 2020 presidential election, Nexta became one of the main sources of information about the protests against alleged rigged elections and started to coordinate the protests. The channel had nearly 800,000 new subscribers in a week.

He is clearly a paid asset. He is a right winged fascist "journalist" paid by Uncle Sam. I might as well be reading the bio of Benito Mussolini here.

1. In 1954 Israel forced a Syrian plane to land taking hostages.
   
2. In 1957 France forced an Air Maroc plane to land to kidnap Ahmed Ben Bella.
   
3. In 2010 the United States forced a plane to land (flying France -> Mexico) in Canada to arrest a man.
   
4. In 2012 Turkey forced down a Syrian passenger jet. "Because of weapons onboard" (None found)
   
5. In 2013 United States and allies forced Evo Morales plane to land in search of Snowden.
   
6. In 2016 Ukraine forced a plane to land back in Kiev (flying Kiev -> Minsk) in search of someone.
   

Lurk83 wrote:This move is great for russia. The sanctions etc will just push Lukashenko closer to Russia and EAEU.

EU leaders agree to close skies & airports to Belarus over Ryanair incident, freeze €3bn investment until Minsk turns ‘democratic’

Leaders of 27 European Union countries called for a ban on Belarus-based airlines landing in the bloc and told EU-based carriers to avoid Belarus skies, after a Ryanair flight was diverted to Minsk to arrest an activist on board.

Meeting in Brussels on Monday, the European Council – heads of state or government of all EU members – issued a memo demanding the “immediate release” of Roman Protasevich and Sofia Sapega, two of the passengers detained on Sunday. It also called on the International Civil Aviation Organization to investigate Sunday’s incident, which it described as “unprecedented and unacceptable.”

The Ryanair flight from Greece to Lithuania, with Protasevich and Sapega on board, made an emergency landing in Minsk due to a reported bomb threat – only for the duo to be taken into custody once on the ground.

Protasevich is wanted in Belarus on charges of inciting mass unrest in his former job as editor-in-chief of the Warsaw-based Telegram channel Nexta. He is currently employed by Belamova, an outlet founded by Igor Losik, a consultant for US state-run media RFE/RL. Both outlets are on the list of extremist organizations in Minsk, having sided with protesters who called last year’s presidential election stolen and advocated regime change in Belarus.

According to this lady the bomb threat was real and maybe this affair was arranged by some westerner service...

Russia has expressed concern over calls by former presidential candidate Svetlana Tikhanovskaya for mobilizing protesters in the Republic of Belarus, russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov said..

flamming_python wrote:I have to agree, pretty masterful move from Lukashenko. Or Moscow, or whoever authorized it.

Now he can publicize this to his own people about the guy he captured, one of the ringleaders of the Belarus oppositionists

slasher wrote:

flamming_python wrote:I have to agree, pretty masterful move from Lukashenko. Or Moscow, or whoever authorized it.

Now he can publicize this to his own people about the guy he captured, one of the ringleaders of the Belarus oppositionists

Interesting how you stated that. I have seen comments surmising that the Belarusian security/intel services acted on their own initiative to corner Lukashenko with this plot (possibly with support from Moscow). The EU and NATO too surely had given themselves no choice in how they must respond, having trumpeted atop the moral high ground their determination to resolutely defend and project their "values" and "rules-based" order.
The situation was thus set up nicely for for an operation like this, one that leaves the stubborn, uncompromising Lukashenko without anywhere to turn again but to Russia. Putin could now act fast to turn the screws and exact concessions/compliance from Luka, or look to bypass him and support a change of leadership in Belarus that is more amenable to Russia. In any case, this whole development works well in Russia's favour, and should be quickly taken advantage of.

par far wrote:Hopefully they hang this mother fucker by balls and make a example out of him.