Sofia Sapuga was detained on May 23 in Minsk along with her young man, co-founder of the opposition Belarusian Telegram channel NEXTA Roman Protasevich.
Dmitry Peskov said that in case of such detentions in Russia and Belarus, “there is a fairly operational mechanism of interaction”, which allows “to very quickly solve such incidents”. According to the representative of the Kremlin, all Russians detained in protests in Minsk last year, “promptly released after very energetic contacts” the diplomatic representation of the Russian Federation in Minsk.
“This time, of course, we proceed from the unconditional need to comply with all the rights of a Russian citizen, to ensure consular access to a Russian civilian. And in general, we hope that in the near future it will be released by the Belarusian authorities. Unless, of course, there are no questions to her in terms of compliance with the law, ”Peskov said during the press collla.
He specified that he does not know whether there are any questions to the Russian woman to comply with the law, and he “just made a reservation.” “If there are no questions in terms of legality, then, of course, we hope that it will be released in the very near future after completing all the necessary procedures,” the presidential spokesman explained.
In response to the question of whether the Russian authorities are afraid of some other detention of fellow citizens, Dmitry Peskov said that such cases are “in various parts of the world”, but Russians always provide assistance. “We always provide the necessary consular assistance, legal assistance, legal assistance to these citizens, and our diplomatic departments in the relevant countries, as they say, conduct each individual case with Russian citizens who are delayed abroad. Expectations are such a word, hardly appropriate in this context, ”the representative of the Kremlin added.
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The couple, flying with Roman Protasevich with one flight, told Delfi.it that they saw fighters.
“We were imprisoned with fighters in Minsk, and they were held with them to Lithuania,” the young woman said.
She saw Protasevich.
“When he heard that the plane …
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