Roman Protasevich

<p>Roman Dmitriyevich Protasevich or Raman Dzmitryevich Pratasevich (born 5 May 1995) is a Belarusian <a href="/facts/Blog/bb6awu2X">blogger</a> and <a href="/facts/Political_activist/SCUlsxxH">political activist</a>. He was the <a href="/facts/Editor-in-chief/d76Qb3Tr">editor-in-chief</a> of the <a href="/facts/Telegram_(software)/TqaAlHwN">Telegram</a> channel <a href="/facts/Nexta/TDVEXVvW">Nexta</a> and chief editor of the Telegram channel Belarus of the Brain (Russian: Беларусь головного мозга).
</p><p>Protasevich and <a href="/facts/Sofia_Sapega/AQqxuXEJ">Sofia Sapega</a> were arrested by Belarusian authorities after their flight, <a href="/facts/Ryanair_Flight_4978/whIcQ1e3">Ryanair Flight 4978</a>, was diverted to Minsk on the orders of Belarusian president <a href="/facts/Alexander_Lukashenko/qGR9Nf1p">Alexander Lukashenko</a> on 23 May 2021, because of a false <a href="/facts/Bomb_threat/TXyJGds2">bomb threat</a> passed on by Belarusian <a href="/facts/Air_traffic_control/G2cQebVb">air traffic control</a>. On 3 May 2023, he was sentenced to eight years in prison. However, on 22 May, it was announced that Protasevich had been pardoned.
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Roman Protasevich