Russian Sofia Sapega, ex-girlfriend of Belarusian blogger Roman Protasevich, who was with him at the time of his arrest, was sentenced to 6 years in prison. This is reported by the publication "

This decision was made by the judges of the Grodno Regional Court on May 6.

Now Sapieha must serve a sentence - six years in a strict regime colony under seven articles of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Belarus. The girl was charged with. 3 st. 130 of the Criminal Code of Belarus (inciting hatred) and a number of less serious articles. She was also accused of running the Black Book of Belarus telegram channel - Lukashenka was considered extremist by the authorities, as personal information of the security forces was published there..

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Sofia Sapega was detained on May 23, 2021, along with her then boyfriend, one of the founders of the opposition Telegram channel Nexta, Roman Protasevich. The Belarusian authorities forcibly landed in Minsk a plane flying from Athens to Vilnius over the territory of Belarus. The Raynair liner was ordered to land due to the threat of an explosion on board, later the bomb was not found, and the incident was called a special operation by the authorities.