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This is not on the news as much as it fucking should be

Read the whole thing, this is fucking important:

https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/belarus-forces-vilnius-bound-ryanair-plane-land-detain-blogger-2021-05-23/

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No, Belarusian dissident Protasevich not a neo-Nazi. But the Kremlin sure wants you to think so

No, Belarusian dissident Protasevich not a neo-Nazi. But the Kremlin sure wants you to think so

On May 23, Belarusian journalist and senior advisor to Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya Franak Viačorka reported that the Lukashenka regime forcefully landed a Ryanair plane in order to arrest Roman Protasevich, a crucial opposition figure and civic journalist.Together with his girlfriend Sofia Sapega, who is also engaged with the Belarusian democratic opposition, Protasevich was arrested, and, according…

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Recently detained Belarussian “journalist” Protasevich served in neo-Nazi Azov Battalion

By Aidan Jonah

Belarusian “journalist” Raman Protasevich has come into the news after being arrested by Belarusian police on May 23. Protasevich has been described as a brave journalist fighting for democracy, the typical description of suspicious figures salivated over by mainstream media.

FOIA Research explained that, “Protasevich was part of the Maidan in Kiev 2013/2014, as a picture on Facebook shows, where, clad in a Belarusian People's State flag, he is taking part in the destruction of a Lenin statue.”

The Western backed Maidan coup against Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich, led by neo-nazi militias, was completed in February 2014.

In June 2014, Ukraine formally integrated extremist far-right militias including the Aidar, Dnipro, Donbass, and Azov battalions which played a crucial role in the Maidan coup, into the National Guard, which is led by Ministry of Internal Affairs.

University of Ottawa Professor Ivan Katchanovski brought Ukrainian media reports to light which reveal that Protasevich served in the press-service of the neo-Nazi-led Azov battalion during the war in Donbass. Verified photos show Protasevich appearing in Azov battalion’s official publication “Black Sun” in 2015.

The Ukrainian initiated war in Donbass begun in April 2014, after Donbass citizens voted en masse to join Russia post-Maidan coup, until a ceasefire was agreed in September 2014.

This means that Protasevich effectively acted as an agent of a ministry of the Ukrainian government during his time serving with the Azov Battalion.

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Good old Soviet tradition of coerced public confessions springs up in Belarus

Good old Soviet tradition of coerced public confessions springs up in Belarus

His voice shaky and all tight like a string, bags under his eyes as large and deep as soup bowls, his wrists evince recent scars. On June 3, state-own Belarusian All-National TV Television channel released an interview with dissident journalist Roman Protesevich, who testified against himself and the opposition. A bit earlier, on May 23, Roman Protesevych was seized and arrested as a result of…

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Protasevich’s “confession”: KGB Chairman Andropov’s specialty

Protasevich’s “confession”: KGB Chairman Andropov’s specialty

Over the past days, Belarus State television has shown several times footage with Belarus oppositionist Roman Protasevich confessing to his alleged “crimes.” The young man was pulled off a hijacked plane together with his girlfriend when returning to Vilnius from a holiday in Greece, incarcerated in the KGB prison in Minsk, and potentially facing charges of terrorism, which carries as a maximum…

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Russian propaganda denigrating Belarusian dissident Pratasevich kidnapped by Lukashenka

Russian propaganda denigrating Belarusian dissident Pratasevich kidnapped by Lukashenka

The pro-Kremlin ecosystem has established its talking points on Lukashenka’s act of, in the words of the CEO of Ryanair, “state-sponsored piracy”. All the Kremlin-controlled media outlets repeat the same two mantras: “Everybody does it!” and “Pratasevich is a Bad Guy”. The first claim is not only entirely irrelevant but also factually wrong. Lukashenka is the only leader of the state, albeit in…

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Belarus kidnapping: what international law says about capture of dissident journalist Roman Protasevich

Belarus kidnapping: what international law says about capture of dissident journalist Roman Protasevich

Shapshot from video in which Roman Protasevich, arrested after the forced landing of his plane in Minsk, was heard “confessing” to the Belarusian security service. Protasevich’s family said that marks of torture are visible on Roman’s face and that, possibly, his nose is broken But the full details of what happened remain a matter of dispute. The Belarusian authorities claim that they received…

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Medvedchuk tapes, Gaza return, Belarus plane hijacking, Eurovision: Ukraine's week in review

Medvedchuk tapes, Gaza return, Belarus plane hijacking, Eurovision: Ukraine’s week in review

Journalists published new records regarding Medvedchuk Ukrainian investigative journalists have published conversations that purportedly were held by oligarch Viktor Medvedchuk and testify the latters’ criminal role in betraying Ukraine’s interests. Records, dating back to 2015-2016, prove that Medvedchuk was negotiating with Russian officials, including the head of “Transneft,” Nikolay Tokarev.…

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