{"id":539296,"date":"2021-05-24T22:35:23","date_gmt":"2021-05-25T02:35:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=539296"},"modified":"2021-05-24T22:35:28","modified_gmt":"2021-05-25T02:35:28","slug":"tighten-the-screws-sasse-urges-biden-to-punish-putin-after-belarus-hijacks-plane-with-moscows-blessing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tighten-the-screws-sasse-urges-biden-to-punish-putin-after-belarus-hijacks-plane-with-moscows-blessing\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Tighten The Screws\u2019: Sasse Urges Biden To Punish Putin After Belarus Hijacks Plane With \u2018Moscow\u2019s Blessing\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftighten-the-screws-sasse-urges-biden-to-punish-putin-after-belarus-hijacks-plane-with-moscows-blessing%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=539296&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><aside id=\"right1forarticles\">\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\" readability=\"42.310418280403\">\n<p>Republican Nebraska Sen. Ben Sasse urged President Joe Biden to punish Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday, arguing that the Belarussian government\u2019s recent hijacking of an airplane was done with \u201cMoscow\u2019s blessing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Belarus forced down a Ryanair flight between Greece and Lithuania on Sunday and <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/24\/european-union-sanctions-belarus-minsk-raman-pratasevich-ryanair-alexander-lukashenko\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">arrested<\/a> a dissident journalist on board. Sasse argues the incident shows Putin and his allies are \u201cemboldened\u201d thanks to Biden\u2019s decision to end sanctions against the Nord Stream 2 oil pipeline last week.<\/p>\n<p>Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/24\/joe-biden-administration-condemns-shocking-act-belarus-ryanair-flight-journalists-seized\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">condemned<\/a> the hijacking Monday but his administration has yet to announce any specific reprisals beyond demanding an investigation. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/18\/joe-biden-nord-stream-2-russia-vladimir-putin-antony-blinken\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Trump Spent Years Sabotaging Putin\u2019s Nord Stream 2 Dreams. Now Biden Is Helping Them Come True)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf President Biden wants \u2018appropriate options to hold accountable those responsible,\u2019 his administration needs to tighten the screws on Vladimir Putin. Like every puppet leader, Lukashenko doesn\u2019t use the bathroom without asking for Moscow\u2019s permission,\u201d Sasse said in a Monday evening statement. \u201cIt\u2019s fanciful to imagine he\u2019d hijack a flight between NATO allies without Moscow\u2019s blessing. Putin\u2019s regime is emboldened because the U.S. dropped our sanctions against his treasured Nord Stream 2 pipeline. We should impose those sanctions tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7035382\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"38\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7035382\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7035382\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1229054287-scaled-e1603730326442.jpg\" alt=\"WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 13: U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse (R-NE) speaks while Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the second day of her Supreme Court confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on October 13, 2020 in Washington, DC. Barrett was nominated by President Donald Trump to fill the vacancy left by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg who passed away in September. (Anna Moneymaker-Pool\/Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1229054287-scaled-e1603730326442.jpg 2054w, https:\/\/cdn01.dailycaller.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/GettyImages-1229054287-scaled-e1603730326442-279x120.jpg 279w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1229054287-scaled-e1603730326442-620x267-1.jpg 620w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1229054287-scaled-e1603730326442-768x330-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1229054287-scaled-e1603730326442-1536x660-1.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1229054287-scaled-e1603730326442-2048x880-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2054px) 100vw, 2054px\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7035382\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>WASHINGTON, DC \u2013 OCTOBER 13: U.S. Sen. Ben Sasse (R-NE) speaks while Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the second day of her Supreme Court confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill on October 13, 2020 in Washington, DC. Barrett was nominated by President Donald Trump to fill the vacancy left by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg who passed away in September. (Anna Moneymaker-Pool\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Ryanair passenger flight was flying from Athens, Greece to Vilnius, Lithuania when Belarussian air traffic control warned of a bomb threat while flying over the country. Belarus sent a fight jet to intercept the aircraft and divert it to Minsk, the nation\u2019s capitol. Once grounded, authorities searched the aircraft and arrested journalist and activist Raman Pratasevich along with his girlfriend, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/belarus-plane-pratasevich-lukashenko-a9d32d02caea49c880ed1b7a5872e5f7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to the AP.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"8.6805555555556\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">WATCH: A Belarusian journalist has been detained by police after the commercial passenger aircraft in which he was traveling from Greece to Lithuania was diverted to Minsk due to a purported bomb threat. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/08t1TQ9aiB\">pic.twitter.com\/08t1TQ9aiB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Radio Free Europe\/Radio Liberty (@RFERL) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RFERL\/status\/1396574316851077125?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 23, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The European Union has <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/05\/24\/european-union-sanctions-belarus-minsk-raman-pratasevich-ryanair-alexander-lukashenko\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">threatened<\/a> Belarus with sanctions over the incident.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Nebraska Sen. 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