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Roman Protasevich
Sign in to saveAlso known as Raman Pratasevich, Raman Dzmitryjevič Pratasievič, Raman Pratasievič, Raman Dzmitryyevich Pratasyevich, Roman Dmitriyevich Protasevich
Belarusian journalist and opposition activist
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1995-05-05 ) 5 May 1995 (age 31) , Minsk , Belarus
- Education
- Belarusian State University (expelled)
- Occupations
- Blogger activist photographer
- Years active
- 2011–present
- Organization
- Nexta
- Movement
- Young Front
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Belarus
- Place of birth
- Minsk
- Occupation
- political prisoner
- Languages spoken
- Polish
- Native language
- Russian
- Participant in
- 2020–2021 Belarusian protests
- Image
- Роман Протасевич - 01 (14-06-2021).jpg
- Work location
- Europe
- Residence
- Poland
- Convicted of
- conspiracy
- Significant event
- Ryanair Flight 4978
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- date of birth
- 1995-05-05
- member of
- Young Front
- unmarried partner
- Sofia Sapega
- social media followers
- 10052
- Commons category
- Roman Protasevich
- name in native language
- Раман Дзмітрыевіч Пратасевіч
- start of work period
- 2010-00-00
- romanization of Belarusian (2007 system)
- Raman Dzmitryjevič Pratasievič
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Encyclopedic overview
Roman Dmitriyevich Protasevich or Raman Dzmitryevich Pratasevich (born 5 May 1995) is a Belarusian blogger and political activist. He was the editor-in-chief of the Telegram channel Nexta and chief editor of the Telegram channel Belarus of the Brain (Russian: Беларусь головного мозга).
Protasevich and Sofia Sapega were arrested by Belarusian authorities after their flight, Ryanair Flight 4978, was diverted to Minsk on the orders of Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko on 23 May 2021, because of a false bomb threat passed on by Belarusian air traffic control. On 3 May 2023, he was sentenced to eight years in prison. However, on 22 May, it was announced that Protasevich had been pardoned. Lukashenko later alleged that Protasevich has been an agent of the Belarusian intelligence agency KGB.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Roman Protasevich” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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