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The regime announced the closure of the Ottawa embassy, ??Trudeau considers further sanctions against Belarus
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that the Russian government is considering further sanctions against Belarus in response to a journalist arrested over the weekend, and the authoritarian regime announced that it would close its embassy in Ottawa.
On Sunday, due to bomb threats, Belarusian fighter jets ordered Ryanair flight 4978 from Athens to Vilnius Airport in Lithuania to transfer and land in Minsk.
After reaching the ground, the exiled Belarusian journalist Raman Pratasevich and his girlfriend Sofia Sapega were taken off the plane and arrested before allowing the passenger plane to continue flying .
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said his government is looking at further sanctions against Belarus in response to its arrest of a journalist over the weekend, just as the autocratic regime announced that it is closing its embassy in Ottawa.