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May 28, 2021, 6 tweets

#BREAKING Russia says West's ban on flights over Belarus 'endangers' passengers

#UPDATE Russia says Western countries are being irresponsible and endangering passengers by banning flights over Belarus in response to Alexander Lukashenko's forced grounding of a Ryanair flight

#UPDATE Russia on Friday threw its weight behind Belarus's increasingly isolated regime, slamming a European overflight ban as President Vladimir Putin prepared to host strongman Alexander Lukashenko
u.afp.com/Uh7y

#BREAKING Lukashenko tells Putin West is seeking to 'rock the boat' in Belarus

#BREAKING Putin praises 'concrete results' of rapprochement with Belarus

#UPDATE President Vladimir Putin praised Russia's closer ties with Belarus as he hosted strongman Alexander Lukashenko amid a global outcry following the forced diversion of a European plane u.afp.com/Uh7y

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