Israeli blogger Alexander Lapshin, who was detained at Yerevan airport, has been released.
Oku.Az Armenia reports, citing media reports, that this was said by his lawyer Ruben Melikyan.
According to him, Lapshin was detained at the request of Belarus. Melikyan said that the request for the detention and subsequent release of Lapshi was accepted by the Armenian prosecutor’s office.
Lusine Martirosyan, an adviser to the Armenian prosecutor general, confirmed that Lapshi was detained on the wanted list of Belarusian law enforcement agencies.
Blogger Alexander Lapshin was unable to board a plane at Yerevan airport.
Caliber.Az reports that he was detained by border guards at the Zvartnots airport. Lapshin learned that entry into Armenia is prohibited.
In the information shared on social media, they wrote that border guards informed them that they should take their passport and go to the airport police station.
There is no official statement yet on the reason for Lapshi’s arrest.
It should be noted that the blogger was arrested in Azerbaijan in 2017, but after some time he was pardoned.
