Roman Protasevich (Journalist) Wiki, Age, Girlfriend, Net worth, Biography & More

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Famous Belarusian journalist, Roman Protasevich was born to his parents on Friday, May 5, 1995, in Minsk, Belarus. He belongs to the Christian religion. According to his date of birth, Roman Protasevich’s age is 26 years old (as of 2021). 

An old photo of Roman Protasevich and his girlfriend Sofia Sapega

He has a great interest in journalism since childhood. After completing his primary education, he took admission to the Belarusian State University. From this university, he earned his bachelors’ degree in the field of journalism. After that, he began working on his journalism career. 

Roman Protasevich’s girlfriend Sofia Sapega

According to the sources, Roman Protasevich is in a relationship with his girlfriend named ‘Sofia Sapega’. As per the sources, his partner is a Russian, who studied law at the European Humanities University in Lithuania. Let me tell you that, Sofia was also arrested by the police after the plane landed in Minsk.

Talking about his professional life then, Roman Protasevich started his career as a journalist at the Belarusian media. After that, he worked for various media companies. As per the sources, he also served the position of a photographer for Euroradio. FM. 

Roman Protasevich is a journalist and blogger

He has also worked at the meetings of Sebastian Kurz (Austria’s PM) and Sergy Rumas (Belarus’ PM). Being a multi-talented guy, Roman has also worked at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty for its Belarusian edition. 

Roman Protasevich career

In the year 2020, he became the editor-in-chief of a media outlet ‘Nexta’ (founded by Stepan Putilo). After working for some time in Nexta, Roman left the media outlet in September 2020. 

Roman Protasevich worked at Nexta

After some time, in March 2021, he started working as Chief Editor for the Telegram channel “Belarus of the brain”. As per an estimate, Roman Protasevich earned a net worth of $500K-800K USD (approx.) from his career. 

According to the sources, on 23 May 2021, a Belarusian fighter jet intercepted  Ryanair Flight 4978 at Minsk National Airport due to a report of a bomb aboard. As per the sources, Roman Protasevich (journalist) and his girlfriend were also present on the plane. As per the reports, Roman gave some of his luggage to his girlfriend after hearing of the diversion to Minsk. 

Ryanair Flight 4978

After the plane landed in Minsk, Roman Protasevich and his partner Sofia Sapega were arrested by the police. According to the sources, no bomb was found in the plane. The airport authorities of Lithuanian have also stated that they had not been informed of any threat of a bomb. 

Roman Protasevich arrested by Police

As per Wikipedia, Belarusian air traffic control informed the plane crew to change course to Minsk due to a bomb threat. A video of Roman Protasevich, released on Belarusian state television, in which Roman stated that he would confess to organizing protests. 

Roman Protasevich after arrest photo

There were some dark markings on his forehead in the video. Romans father stated that my son was forced to appear in the video. As per the reports, Roman could carry a 15-years prison sentence. 

People support Roman Protasevich

Some media reports stated that there is a possibility of the death penalty to Roman Protasevich. As per the reports, after his arrest, people came on the streets in the support of Roman Protasevich.

Roman Protasevich’s plane controversyIn the year 2011, he became a member of the opposition of Young Front.As per the sources, Roman also co-administrated a social network’s major group named ‘VKontakte’.Reports say that he co-administered a major group in 2012, in opposition to President Alexander Lukashenko.Roman Protasevich has also accused of participating in Kurapaty (an unauthorized event) in 2017.