Alexander Lukashenko, International Terrorist

In a brazen attack on European civilian air traffic and safety, the Belarusian dictator ordered military aircraft to intercept Ryanair flight FR4978 traveling from Athens, Greece, to Vilnius, Lithuania.

After Sunday’s forced landing in the capital Minsk, Lukashenko’s security forces searched the plane, interrogated some 150 passengers and crew, mostly EU citizens, and detained two passengers. One of these is Roman Protasevich, a blogger and activist whose social media channels have relentlessly criticized the illegitimacy and brutality of the powers-that-be in Belarus.