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It was personally Alexander Lukashenko who took the decision to apprehend the founder of the NEXTA media project on a Telegram chat messenger, Roman Protasevich, suggests Ukraine's Ambassador to Belarus Ihor Kyzym.
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The European Union will in June 2021 approve the fourth package of sanctions against Belarus, including over the forced landing of a Ryanair plane in Minsk.
This was announced by Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty journalist Rikard Jozwiak on Twitter. [T]he 4th sanctions package on #Belarus should be adopted in June. [L]istings of [people] responsible for the forced landing of the #Ryanair flight should also be done then, he said.
According to him, sectoral sanctions will probably take a bit longer but the aim to have it done before the EU summer break in August.
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Much of the international community reacted with shock and fury to the news of the forced landing of the Ryanair plane on a scheduled flight from Athens to Vilnius.
Ursula von der Leyen, head of the EU s executive European Commission, said Pratasevich must be released immediately and that those responsible for the Ryanair hijacking must be sanctioned, adding EU leaders meeting in Brussels on May 24 would discuss what action to take.
As European officials threatened new sanctions against Belarus, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken called the forced landing and arrest a shocking act, demanded Pratasevich s immediate release, and said President Joe Biden s administration was coordinating with our partners on next steps.