Andrey Rudenko
Russia did not intervene and does not intend to interfere in the internal processes of other countries, especially Belarus, — has explained the situation with the detention of Russians in conversation with the Belarusian Ambassador Vladimir Semashko, Deputy Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Andrey Rudenko. This was reported on the website of the foreign Ministry.
The publication says that the arrest of Russian citizens contrary to the spirit of “brotherly Alliance between the two countries and peoples.”
1 August in Belarus, said that the detained Russians chose a measure of restraint in form of detention. The President of the country Alexander Lukashenko asked to handle detainees because to understand the situation, according to the head of state must those who gave the orders.
A team of 32 Russians were arrested July 29 in a sanatorium near Minsk, one person in the South of the country. According to the Belarusian secret services, are Russian mercenaries who came to destabilize the situation ahead of the presidential elections. Total in the Republic allegedly moved 200 soldiers of PMC.