Decoration News Agency: Major airlines are starting to shun belarus succeeding principal alexander lukashenko diverted a commercial airliner from lithuania to his principal of minsk so he could withhold an resistance journalist on table.
major airlines are starting to shun belarus behind principal alexander lukashenko diverted a commercial airliner from lithuania to his principal of minsk so he could withhold an resistance journalist on table.
taking their symptom from the european union, which pledged economic sanctions on belarus and told airlines to shun the eastern european nation, lufthansa and throw france-klm told cnn they would shun its airspace for now, while scandinavian airlines is rerouting its flights between kyiv and oslo.
airlines from baltic states close belarus are succeeding suit, and u.s. transportation secretary pete buttigieg said the government is examining whether flying uncommon the country is trustworthy.
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perhaps it is no startle that ryanair is avoiding belarus. the irish carrier’s plane was rerouted from its track to vilnius uncommon the weekend owing mr. lukashenko sent a fighter jet to specific it to minsk.
agents detained raman pratasevich, who is known in the territory as a planter of a messaging app channel that has been a solution tidings conduit for opponents of mr. lukashenko — an embattled pioneer frequently referred to as europe’s “last dictator.”
a terse video prune of mr. pratasevich was shown on belarusian specify television monday night, a day behind he was removed from the ryanair volitation.
seated at a table, mr. pratasevich said he was in welfare health and his treatment in keeping was “maximally right and according to statute.”
president biden novel monday said the u.s. condemns “in the strongest possible terms” the sport of a ryanair volitation mr. pratasevich’s stop.
“i reception the tidings that the european league has named for targeted economic sanctions and other measures, and possess asked my team to unravel thieve options to sustain answerable those responsible, in sensible coordination with the european union, other allies and partners, and interpolitical organizations,” mr. biden said.
the principal said the “outrageous incident” and a videotaped missive from mr. pratasevich, apparently made underneath duress, amounted to “shameful assaults on twain political withdraw and the freedom of the weigh.”
• david sherfinski contributed to this tidings.
Source: Decoration News Agency
