Posted 3 июня 2021,, 07:07

Published 3 июня 2021,, 07:07

Modified 24 декабря 2022,, 22:37

Updated 24 декабря 2022,, 22:37

Protasevich suggested that his detention was related to a personal conflict

Protasevich suggested that his detention was related to a personal conflict

3 июня 2021, 07:07
Фото: belnaviny.by
The blogger detained at the Minsk airport, former editor of the telegram channel NEXTA, Roman Protasevich, said that he had a "tense" conflict with one of his associates, and linked his detention to this.

"I had a personal conflict with only one person, quite tense", - said Protasevich during the interrogation, the video of which was shown on the ONT TV channel.

Protasevich pointed out that 40 minutes before takeoff he announced the departure in a working chat, in which there was also the person in question.

“This person was there too, and such a situation happens”, - said the detainee.

He added that he decided that he was framed after he got to the pre-trial detention center and did not receive any information. Those who could be involved in his detention had connections with cyber partisans who had previously engaged in mass false ministries on the territory of Belarus, Protasevich noted.

According to the authors of the film "Flight" Athens-Vilnius. Debriefing”, reports that Protasevich was detained appeared even when he was calmly going through border control. The first to write about the detention on social networks was the former adviser to the presidential candidate of Belarus Svetlana Tikhanovskaya, Franak Vyachorka.

"We had good relations with Franak Vyachorka. I filmed Svetlana Tikhanovskaya's visit to Athens. Everything was fine, we worked for two days. He praised me. He flew away, and in less than a week, the attitude towards me changed to the opposite. I talked with him, and he said: we need to consider the prospects for further cooperation", - said Protasevich.

He added that he discussed with the opposition various options for the development of the protest movement in the republic, and indicated that now this activity is not and cannot be.

"Even at that moment, when I was in Vilnius, I spoke openly - now street activity is not needed. At the very least, you have to wait for the situation in the economy to heat up so that people go out for a bowl of stew", - Protasevich says on the video.

Let us remind you that the video recordings of Protasevich's interrogation appeared literally right after he was taken to SIZO-1 in Minsk. In the video, he talked about "cooperation with the investigation" and "confessions". The spectators noted that the detainee's face has marks that look like bruises under the makeup.

On the eve of the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko said that Protasevich could face the death penalty.

Earlier, a blogger in the LPR was charged with fighting in the Donbass as part of a Ukrainian nationalist battalion.

Let us remind you that Roman Protasevich was detained during an emergency landing of a Ryanair plane in Minsk. The plane flew from Athens to Vilnius through the airspace of Belarus. To land this plane, a MiG-29 fighter was raised into the sky. The Belarusian authorities reportedly allegedly mined the liner. Protasevich and his girlfriend Sofia Sapega were arrested for two months. Now they are in the KGB pre-trial detention center.

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