Two young people in their enemies’ clutches. In two videos, each 30 seconds long, they introduce themselves and their offenses. Roman Protasevich, 26 years old, looks directly into the camera, speaking loudly and clearly. “I continue cooperating with investigators and am confessing to having organized mass unrest in the city of Minsk,” he says. His girlfriend, Sofia Sapega, 23, allows her gaze to wander around the room. She barely moves her lips. “I am also the editor of the Telegram channel Black Book of Belarus that published personal information about employees of the Interior Ministry,” she says.
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A man wearing the former white-red-white flag of Belarus shouts slogans as members of the Belarusian diaspora in Ukraine demonstrate outside the Foreign Ministry in Kyiv on May 23, 2021, demanding from Ukrainian government to act for the release of detained journalist Roman Protasevich.
