Belarus, who is Roman Protasevich, the journalist in Lukashenko’s sights

When the pilot of Ryanair flight 4978 Athens-Vilnius last Sunday announced to passengers that the plane had been diverted to Minsk, Roman Protasevich he put his head in his hands and started shaking it. “Here in Belarus I risk the death penalty”, he confessed almost trembling to the passenger next to him. Then he got up, pulled his hand luggage out of the overhead bin and handed his laptop and cell phone to his girlfriend Sofia Sapega.