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May 26, 2021 12 min

Inside Lukashenko’s ‘state-sponsored hijacking’

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Ryanair 4978 started like any flight. But everything changed when the plane was forced to land in Minsk at the behest of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko to arrest a dissident journalist. POLITICO Europe’s David M. Herszenhorn gives an inside look at the flight that shook the world — and breaks down why the EU and the US might have to rethink their responses to the incident. Plus, McCarthy condemns Rep. Greene's Holocaust rhetoric as "appalling." And Senate Republicans plan to present the White House with another infrastructure counteroffer.David M. Herszenhorn is the Chief Brussels Correspondent for POLITICO Europe.Jeremy Siegel is a host for POLITICO Dispatch.Irene Noguchi is the executive producer of POLITICO audio.Jenny Ament is the senior producer of POLITICO audio.Read more:Aboard the ‘hijacked’ plane to MinskMired in Minsk: EU summit hijacked by Belarus

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