By Ben Aris in Berlin The former editor in chief of social media channel Nexta Roman Protasevich says he owes the Belarusian authorities $7.6mn in damages. During the mass demonstration in 2020, Nexta played a crucial role in coordinating the crowds in an otherwise leaderless revolt, following the massively falsified presidential elections that returned Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko to office. Protasevich was arrested when Belarus scrambled a MiG-29 fighter to force down a commercial Ryanair flight and land in Belarus as it transited Belarusian airspace en route from Athens to Lithuan…