Nothing will ever be the same for her mother again Sofia Sapega. Her daughter was there on Ryanair flight 4978 from Athens to Vilnius, when the plane was forced to land in the capital of Belarus.
Sofia and her partner, the journalist Roman Protasevic, were arrested on arrival in Minsk.
“We are in such a situation that we do not even believe that this is happening to us, to our daughter,” Anna Dudich’s mother told the BBC, trying to hold back her tears.
The last time she communicated with her daughter was through a text message she received with the one and only word: “Mom”. Then her phone lost its signal.
“I am ready to beg anyone for help so that my child’s life is not ruined,” he says.
When he met the BBC reporter, he had just handed over a package of clothes, food and toiletries – books are not allowed – to the KGB prison where 23-year-old Sapega will be held for two months.
Visits by relatives are not allowed, so the mother has only seen her daughter in a video released in which he confesses that he published the personal data of members of the Belarusian law enforcement agencies.
The image of her daughter in the video upset her and she says she is sure that her confession was threatened.
According to the mother, Sapega, who was born in Russia, is not an activist and did not even take part in last year’s demonstrations for the disputed presidential election. He left for Vilnius, Lithuania in August. She believes her daughter was arrested only because of her relationship with Roman Protasevic, with whom she began a relationship six months ago.
“I do not understand why my daughter was arrested,” she said, adding: “She just lives her life like a normal young woman: she studies, has fun, falls in love. No one has banned this. Or have they done it? “I can not grasp what is happening.”
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