Politics Protests in Belarus

[Musashi]

The Polish PM called it an act of terrorism:

Roman Protasevich: Ryanair plane diverted to Belarus so 'opposition blogger could be arrested'

Belarus's president is accused of ordering the diversion to arrest the blogger, who is wanted for helping organise protests.

news.sky.com

 

[Musashi]

Taoiseach brands Belarus bomb threat comments on Ryanair flight as 'nonsense'

Belarus state media said Mr Lukashenko personally ordered a MiG-29 fighter jet to escort the flight he was on to Minsk after a bomb threat was received while it was over Belarus territory.

www.irishexaminer.com

 

[Fluff]

Taoiseach brands Belarus bomb threat comments on Ryanair flight as 'nonsense'

Belarus state media said Mr Lukashenko personally ordered a MiG-29 fighter jet to escort the flight he was on to Minsk after a bomb threat was received while it was over Belarus territory.

www.irishexaminer.com

Are Ireland going to invade?

 

[BCNTM]

Are Ireland going to invade?

Down the pub for another Guinness to discuss and then send their air force ? ?

 

[Telmar]

Maybe Michael Oleary will gather his entire fleet and drop checked bagage on the presidential palace in Minsk.

 

[Musashi]

Roman Protasevich: UK government tells airlines to avoid Belarusian airspace after journalist arrested

The Civil Aviation Authority has suspended all foreign permits held by Belarusian carriers, including state-owned airline Belavia.

news.sky.com

 

[Fluff]

irish air force - Search Videos

www.bing.com

Irish Interceptors are GO!!!!

 

[NoOne]

This cannot stand.

 

[BCNTM]

irish air force - Search Videos

www.bing.com

Irish Interceptors are GO!!!!

Palestinian air force are better equipped ? ?

 

[BCNTM]

This cannot stand.

I think it can because you have a weak president in the USA and the EU have absolutely no influence especially when you have pro Putin stooges inside the EU diluting any action the EU may take

This is just another case of state sponsored terrorism by Russia and its poxy's

 

[Telmar]

Palestinian air force are better equipped ? ?

irish air force - Search Videos

www.bing.com

Irish Interceptors are GO!!!!

The eventual resurrected Red Baron is warned....

 

[NoOne]

I think it can because you have a weak president in the USA and the EU have absolutely no influence especially when you have pro Putin stooges inside the EU diluting any action the EU may take

This is just another case of state sponsored terrorism by Russia and its poxy's

If this is not met with a withering response, we will look back on this event as the "Rubicon Moment".

 

[Musashi]

¡No pasaran!

EU imposes sanctions, cuts air links with Belarus over plane 'hijacking'

The European Union agreed Monday to impose sanctions on Belarus, including banning its airlines from using the airspace and airports of the 27-nation bloc, amid fury over the forced diversion of a passenger…

f24.my

 

[BCNTM]

¡No pasaran!

EU imposes sanctions, cuts air links with Belarus over plane 'hijacking'

The European Union agreed Monday to impose sanctions on Belarus, including banning its airlines from using the airspace and airports of the 27-nation bloc, amid fury over the forced diversion of a passenger…

f24.my

Full confession - you can even see the club mark on his head

Ryanair hijacking: Belarus journalist is 'confessing' to crimes

Belarus opposition blogger Roman Protasevich, 26, was detained after his Ryanair flight from Greece to Lithuania was diverted to Minsk by a Soviet-era warplane on the pretext of a bomb threat.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[Musashi]

Full confession - you can even see the club mark on his head

Ryanair hijacking: Belarus journalist is 'confessing' to crimes

Belarus opposition blogger Roman Protasevich, 26, was detained after his Ryanair flight from Greece to Lithuania was diverted to Minsk by a Soviet-era warplane on the pretext of a bomb threat.

www.dailymail.co.uk

This Coventry guy would advise Roman to sing his song in front of Luka:

To view this content we will need your consent to set third party cookies.
For more detailed information, see our cookies page.

Accept third party cookies

 

[morris]

Drinking coffee, listening to singing clowns contest.

This used to be number one

To view this content we will need your consent to set third party cookies.
For more detailed information, see our cookies page.

Accept third party cookies

but the informative press conference in Poland on the detention of Protasevich beats it by a country mile imho

 

[muck]

I think it can because you have a weak president in the USA and the EU have absolutely no influence especially when you have pro Putin stooges inside the EU diluting any action the EU may take

This is just another case of state sponsored terrorism by Russia and its poxy's

What could anyone do, though? The damage has been done. No amount of sanctions is going to bring Lukashenko to heel. And no one is going to suggest a more drastic course of action over one person.

Worse has been forgiven when it's diplomatically or economically convenient. Just think of the Kashoggi murder and the actions which more resolute a president than Biden didn't take.

Having said that, I'm surprised Protasevich ever saw fit to even board that plane. What was he intending to do in the event of a genuine emergency landing?

 

[morris]

What could anyone do, though?

Same as what was done 7 years ago when Evo Morales's plane was forced down?

Forcing down Evo Morales's plane was an act of air piracy | John Pilger

John Pilger: Denying the Bolivian president air space was a metaphor for the gangsterism that now rules the world

www.theguardian.com

 

[muck]

Same as what was done 7 years ago when Evo Morales's plane was forced down?

Forcing down Evo Morales's plane was an act of air piracy | John Pilger

John Pilger: Denying the Bolivian president air space was a metaphor for the gangsterism that now rules the world

www.theguardian.com

Curious you'd quote an article by the Guardian of all joints to prove your point. Anyways … that incident's been mentioned a couple of times as of late. I don't quite see the parallels.

Morales' aircraft was denied flyover rights – similar has happened in abundance in the past. Russia, for instance, has regularly prevented foreign heads of state from flying to Afghanistan across Russian territory.

His aircraft wasn't forced to land by fighter jets. The bird just didn't have enough gas to stay airborne whilst the diplomats were working behind the scenes.

Acting on an international arrest warrant, Austria then asked to be given permission to search the plane for Snowden, was denied said permission and the whole affair eventually vanished into thin air.

What they did on Washington's behest was not okay, but not nearly comparable to Protasevich's arrest. Morales' aircraft wasn't coaxed down to the ground by the military, and Protasevich is no Edward Snowden. Like it or not, Snowden violated a constitutional law that is fundamentally apolitical.

 

[morris]

Curious you'd quote an article by the Guardian

Google loves The Guardian.

Russia, for instance, has regularly prevented foreign heads of state from flying

So does EU, US an the rest.

Do you love double standards and holier than you narrative?