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The report said Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenka had called for a “comprehensive conversation” with Semash about the state and prospects for relations between the two countries.
“Particular attention was paid to the situation regarding the recent arrest of 33 Russian citizens in Belarus. The Russian side has stated that the arrest of Russian citizens, carried out under an unreasonable and fictitious pretext, is not in line with relations fraternal allies between the two countries and nations, “the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
Belarus security services said last Wednesday that they had arrested 33 Russian citizens suspected of belonging to the private military company Wagner. According to Minsk, these individuals arrived in Belarus on a mission to destabilize the situation in the country, and the Kremlin rejected such accusations as “insinuations”.
The Belarusian investigative committee said on Thursday it had launched an investigation into the detention of Russian citizens suspected of “organizing mass riots”.
Recent events are the latest unexpected turn in the presidential election campaign in Belarus, during which Alexander Lukashenko, the 65-year-old President of Belarus, who has been in power for almost three decades, has already dispatched his main rivals after the bars before the vote on August 9.
The Russian Foreign Ministry emphasized that “Russia has never intervened and will not interfere in the internal affairs of other countries, especially Belarus, which is our best friend and ally.”
“We demand an objective study of partners in Belarus, in close cooperation with colleagues in Russia, [kad būtų ištirtos] All the circumstances of the events and the detained Russian citizens would be released as soon as possible, “added the ministry.
Ukraine, meanwhile, has said it will ask Minsk to extradite 28 of the detainees on suspicion of involvement in pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine.
Belarus provided Ukraine with a list of all Russian citizens detained on Friday and requested to submit it to the country’s competent authorities for review.
A report by the Prosecutor General’s Office of Ukraine states that “28 people, nine of whom are Ukrainian citizens, have been suspected of involvement in a terrorist organization.”
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