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Kremlin says it is grateful to Belarus for pardon of Russian woman

Published 08/06/2023, 11:24
Updated 08/06/2023, 11:25
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Student Sofia Sapega poses for a picture in Gothenburg, Sweden, in this undated photo taken in 2019. She and Belarusian dissident journalist Roman Protasevich were arrested in Belarus on May 23, 2021 after a forced landing of Ryanair Flight 49

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin said on Thursday it was grateful to neighbouring Belarus for pardoning Sofia Sapega, a Russian citizen who was detained when Minsk forced down a civilian airliner in 2021.

Sapega, 25, was arrested along with her then-boyfriend, exiled Belarus dissident journalist Roman Protasevich, when their Ryanair (LON:0RYA) flight from Athens to Vilnius was forced to land in Minsk in May 2021.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko pardoned her on Wednesday, the Belta news agency reported.

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