A court in Belarus has sentenced a Russian student to six years in prison, a year after she and her dissident journalist partner got off Ryanair's plane and were arrested.
Sofia Sapega was travelling with Roman Protasevich to Lithuania when their plane was forcibly flown to Minsk.
The case prompted worldwide reactions and new sanctions against Alexander Lukashenko's government. The court said she was guilty of inciting social unrest and discord.
She was also found guilty of illegally collecting and distributing information about an unidentified person's private life without his consent.
Authorities in Belarus had previously accused him of organising the riots.
Protasevich was editor of the Poland-based Nexta Telegram channel, which published videos and information from the wave of giant street protests against President Lukashenko that began in the summer of 2020.