Sunday May 23, 2021 was a historic day. For the first time in almost 30 years of the existence of independent Belarus, the authorities forcibly landed a foreign plane in Minsk. They did it for two young people - Roman Protsevich and Sofia Safia. We heard the rest of the story from the Belarusian authorities, international organizations, eyewitnesses, analysts and Frotsevich himself. But all this time Safia remained in the shadows. Five years later, in a long interview with Mirror, she decided to tell her version of what happened. This interview turned out to be very tricky because of the large number of previously unknown details. That's why we decided to split the conversation into two parts, the second will be published in Mirror on the morning of October 30. link not working? Try it, from Belarus - with a VPN. Download our app for Android or iOS.

Sunday May 23, 2021 was a historic day. For the first time in almost 30 years of the existence of independent Belarus, the authorities forcibly landed a foreign plane in Minsk. They did it for two young people - Roman Protsevich and Sofia Safia. We heard the rest of the story from the Belarusian authorities, international organizations, eyewitnesses, analysts and Frotsevich himself. But all this time Safia remained in the shadows. Five years later, in a long interview with Mirror, she decided to tell her version of what happened. This interview turned out to be very tricky because of the large number of previously unknown details. That's why we decided to split the conversation into two parts, the second will be published in Mirror on the morning of October 30. link not working? Try it, from Belarus - with a VPN. Download our app for Android or iOS.