Detained in Belarus, Russian citizens traveling transit through Minsk in one of the countries of Latin America. Of their destination he told the Russian Consul Kirill Pletnev, the TV channel “Russia 1”, RIA Novosti reported.
According to him, the detainees in complete bewilderment at the unfolding events. “July 25, they all had to fly out of Minsk airport in Istanbul. Then in a third country. Final destination was one of the States in the Latin American region,” says Pletnev.
Earlier, on 1 August, Belarus announced that the detained Russians chose a measure of restraint. They were taken into custody. 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 group of Russians from 32 people were arrested July 29 in a sanatorium near Minsk, one person in the South of the country. According to Belarusian security services, the Russian mercenaries arrived to destabilize the situation ahead of the presidential elections. Total in the Republic allegedly moved 200 soldiers of PMC.
