Who's the reporter a country grabbed a plane for?

The death penalty awaits me here,” reportedly told Roman Protasevich when he was asked by other passengers why he was panicking and trembling when he realized that the plane was landing in Minsk and not in Vilnius as before.

It is not known whether Belarus's president, Alexander Lukashenko, will inject capital punishment against 26-year-old journalist. But, Mr. Proshtevic has many reasons to be concerned.

As the former editor and co-founder of “Nexta” [“Dicki”], he had promoted last year's protests by provoking the Ottoman leader at the time he was in the most critical moments, writes Independent, translates Periscopi. Enraged by Russian support, Mr. Lukashenko is now seeking revenge.

A spokesman stated that the president had personally monitored the plane's kidnapping operation for which the false alarm of the bomb had been sounded.

By the time the Belarusian opposition was trying to overthrow Lucasenko after 27 years in power, the Nexta opposition platform had become the place to go to get the information. There were incriminating videos of state violence against protesters, and were given personal details of the officers involved.

So great was the influence of this group that critics named their two founders as “separated from reality” that operated protests from small offices in Poland.

We had realized that our time had come,” said the reporter. We saw that those who had the potential to become protest leaders were either in prison or under police surveillance. It was time for us to take the leadership. ”

However, the new journalist has denied claims that his Necta has directly co-ordinated the protests. /Periscope