Meduza speaks to the mother of jailed Belarusian journalist Roman Protasevich Reuters / Scanpix / LETA Belarusian journalist Roman Protasevich (Raman Pratasevich) was arrested in Minsk on May 23. The former editor-in-chief of the prominent Belarusian opposition outlet Nexta was flying from Athens to Vilnius when the Belarusian authorities diverted his Ryanair flight to Minsk due to an alleged bomb scare (Belarus’s transport authority later claimed that it had received a false threat from Hamas).

The European Council condemns the forced landing of a Ryanair plane in Belarus and the detention of opposition journalist Roman Protasevich and his girlfriend Sofia Sapieha. This is stated in a statement following the European Council summit. The European Council called on EU air carriers to stop flying over Belarus and instructed the governments of EU member states to ban Belarusian airlines from flying to the European Union and to impose new sanctions against the Belarusian authorities.

The Palestinian movement Hamas has nothing to do with the report of a bomb aboard a Ryanair plane that made an emergency landing at Minsk airport. This was stated to Reuters by Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barkhum. “We do not resort to such methods,” said Barkhum.

The pro-government Telegram channel Zheltye Slivy has released the first footage of Belarusian journalist Roman Protasevich since his arrest at the Minsk airport on May 23. “I’m in SIZO [Pre-Trial Detention Center] No. 1 in Minsk. I can declare that I have no health problems, including with my heart and with any other organs. The officers are treating me with the utmost correctness and according to the law.

We have chosen the most important thing from the colossal stream of news about this Darius Mataitis / Scanpix / Leta The Belarusian pro-government telegram channel “Yellow Sloves” published a video with journalist Roman Protasevich, detained after a forced landing of the Ryanair aircraft in Minsk. The journalist said that he is in the Minsk pre -trial detention center No. 1. “The attitude of employees to me is as correct as possible and by law.

The Belarusian pro-government telegram channel Yellow Plums published a video with opposition journalist Roman Protasevich, who was detained at the Minsk airport the day before. “I am in SIZO No. 1 in Minsk. I can say that I have no health problems, including with the heart and with any other organs. The attitude of the employees towards me is as correct as possible and according to the law.

We are trying to understand with the help of documents and experts TASS On the afternoon of May 23 in Minsk, the Ryanair plane, flying from Athens to Vilnius, urgently sat in Minsk. On board was a journalist, former chief of the NEXTA telegram channel, Roman Protasevich. He was detained. In Belarus, he faces several criminal charges, the punishment of which can be up to 15 years in prison.

The Belarusian airline Belavia will suspend flights to and from Lithuanian airports for a month - from May 25 to June 26. This was reported on the airline's website. We apologize and also regret the situation that has developed due to reasons completely beyond our control. Earlier on May 24, Lithuania announced that it would stop accepting and sending flights through the airspace of Belarus.

The mother of arrested Belarusian journalist Roman Protasevich has received unofficial reports that her son was hospitalized due to heart problems, reports the Telegram-based Belarusian news outlet Belamova (Belarus Golovnogo Mozga). Protasevich, who is a Belamova editor, was arrested at the Minsk National Airport on May 23, after the Belarusian authorities removed him from a Ryanair flight that was forced to land in Belarus.

Belarusian opposition journalist Roman Protasevich, who was detained during an emergency landing of a Ryanair flight in Minsk, is in hospital in critical condition. This was reported by the Telegram channel "Belarus of the Brain", whose editor is the detained journalist. Roman Protasevich's mother reported that, according to unconfirmed information, her son was found in one of Minsk's hospitals. His condition is critical - heart problems. Well-wishers informed her about this.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko (Alyaksandr Lukashenka) has signed amendments to the law on mass events, which, among other things, prohibit journalists from covering unauthorized rallies in real time, the country’s National Legal Portal (Pravo.by) announced on May 24.

In Minsk, for the detention of the former editor -in -chief, NEXTA urgently planted the plane. How the “smart vote” will work when the authorities are scary of Navalny's structures. We summarize Eurovision Good evening, This is the daily newsletter of "Medusa" about important news of the day. And on Mondays, also about what happened over the weekend. Let's start with an unexpected question: what do you think that you have in common with the royal cobra?

The federal censorship agency, Roskonadzor (RKN), has given Google 24 hours to remove content prohibited in Russia. If the tech giant fails to comply, RKN isn’t ruling out the possibility of moving to throttle Google’s traffic, the state news agency TASS reported on May 24. According to spokespeople for RKN, Google has failed to delete 20 to 30 percent of links leading to content prohibited in Russia.

An interview with the mother of journalist Roman Protasevich. For the sake of his detention in Minsk, the Ryanair plane was urgently planted Reuters / Scanpix / Leta In Minsk on May 23, the former editor-in-chief of the NEXTA telegram channel Roman Protasevich was detained .

Belarus is expelling Latvian Ambassador Einars Semanis, who has been asked to leave the country within 24 hours. The Belarusian version of the Sputnik agency writes about this with reference to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus Vladimir Makei. In addition to the ambassador, Belarus is expelling the entire staff of the Latvian embassy in Minsk, with the exception of one technical officer.