Russia: British blogger, Belarusian arrested at Baikonur Cosmodrome

A British blogger and a Belarusian woman have been arrested today at the Russian Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the head of Russia’s Roscosmos space agency, Dmitry Rogozin, has announced.

In a post to the Telegram, Rogozin said that in the afternoon “an information was sent to the Space Center regarding the arrest of the British Rich Benjamin and the Belarusian Alina Tselyupa”.

The arrests were made “in the area of ​​the 112 launch pad”, he added, adding that the detainees “are in the Baikonur Interior Ministry building” and an investigation is underway to determine if the two are linked to the “organization”. illegal acts “.

Rogozin did not provide further details on the charges against the two detainees.

Benjamin Ritz maintains a travel channel on YouTube, which has 3.3 million “followers”.

SOURCE: ΑΠΕ-ΜΠΕ

Source: Capital

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