Although it's really difficult to feel personal sympathies to #Protasevich, not only because he served in Azov but also for the provocative role his Telegram Nexta played in Belarusian protests, I don't think his far-right links have any significance in this case.
https://twitter.com/I_Katchanovski/status/1396817134387335176
Really fun to see a wave of similar comments questioning the confirmation of Protasevich's link to Azov by one of the oldest reputable Ukrainian newspapers.
zn.ua/international/…
zn.ua/international/…
The Times:
"In 2014 Protasevich is reported to have travelled to eastern Ukraine, where he joined the Azov Battalion, a far-right group that fought Russian-backed separatists."
thetimes.co.uk/article/hijack…
"In 2014 Protasevich is reported to have travelled to eastern Ukraine, where he joined the Azov Battalion, a far-right group that fought Russian-backed separatists."
thetimes.co.uk/article/hijack…
“He did not participate in hostilities but he was with the battalion in the Donbas. He was a photographer and, as I understand it, a volunteer,” a Belarusian journalist said."
Firmer evidence of Protasevich's links to Azov - his picture. Plus sources of The Times and Mirror Weekly, one of the oldest Ukraine's newspaper. However, as I said, it changes nothing. His arrest was bad. But air-blockade and sanctions hurt people, not Lu
https://twitter.com/kooleksiy/status/1396992252640174083?s=19
One more Western journalist confirms that Protasevich was fighting in "Pahonia" squad (Belarusian volunteers in Azov) and was wounded in combat.
https://twitter.com/Jake_Hanrahan/status/1397149388259135488?s=20
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