Alexander Lukashenko signed a decree pardoning Sofya Sapieha. On June 7, it was handed over to the delegation of the Primorsky Territory, headed by Governor Oleg Kozhemyako, Belta reports .
“There is a whole life ahead. Conscious, normal, ”Kozhemyako told her. According to Belta, he advised Sapieha "not to take any more careless steps." The girl herself says that first of all she wants to recover.
Sofya Sapieha was under investigation along with the former editor-in-chief of the Nexta Telegram channel Roman Protasevich after they were removed from the Athens-Vilnius flight on May 23, 2021 on the orders of Alexander Lukashenko. A fighter jet was raised into the sky to escort the passenger aircraft.
On May 6, 2022, Sapega was sentenced to 6 years in prison on charges of illegally collecting and distributing “information about private life constituting the personal and family secret of another person, without his consent, which caused harm to the rights, freedoms and legitimate interests of the victim.” According to the prosecution, Sapieha was involved in the administration of the Black Book of Belarus, a Telegram channel that published the personal data of security officials involved in bullying protesters. In April 2023, she was allowed to be transferred to Russia.
Protasevich was accused of inciting social hatred, organizing riots and organizing actions that grossly violate public order. He was sentenced to 8 years in prison. May 22, 2023 received a pardon.