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Before the militants were sent to Russia, Lukashenko’s son spoke with them.
Lukashenko handed over the militants to Russia / Photo: REUTERS
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko declared that he would not have handed over to Ukraine the Wagner PMC militants detained in the republic.
His words are quoted by the editor-in-chief of the radio station “Moscow speaking” Roman Babayan, who was present at the meeting with Lukashenko on Tuesday.
According to him, Lukashenka spoke for a long time about the “Wagnerites”.
“The meaning is as follows: he received information from the border between Russia and Belarus that a bus with 33 people is entering the territory of Belarus. Also, it came from the bus driver, who, as he said, is not an employee of the special services, no agent, nothing, just a common Belarusian. And he showed vigilance. Lukashenka said keep an eye on this person, “Babayan said.
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After that, Lukashenka allegedly ordered the special services to control the movement of militants. After their arrest, information appeared that they were supposed to fly to Istanbul.
“Then I called the heads of the special services, and then I went to Ukraine and Russia with a request to send prosecutors, but they did not come. And then I sent my son, who works as a security adviser, to apologize to these people.” . and they asked where they want to go. They said “we want to go to Russia.” And, in fact, they left, ”he quoted the words of the Belarusian president.
Furthermore, according to Babayan, Lukashenko pointed out that Belarus would not extradite these citizens to Ukraine if the Kiev official demanded it.
Arrest of “wagnerites” in Belarus: what is known
- On July 29, Wagner’s PMC militants were arrested in Belarus, 32 – near Minsk, and one more – in the south of the country. Among them were those who fought against Ukraine in the Donbass.
- According to Belarusian police agencies, they received information about the arrival of more than 200 militants to destabilize the situation during the election campaign.
- Belarus approached the Ukrainian authorities to verify the participation of the detainees in the commission of crimes in Ukraine. On July 30, Ukraine began consultations with Belarus on the extradition of militants.
- On August 7, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said Ukraine must prove the guilt of detained militants for extradition. On August 9, he announced that he had received a five-page letter from Russian leader Vladimir Putin describing all the facts surrounding the situation with the detained Wagnerites.
- On August 11, the Office of the Attorney General of Ukraine sent requests to the Office of the Attorney General of Belarus to extradite 28 militants from Wagner’s PMC. The 28 people, including 9 citizens of Ukraine, were informed of the suspicion of participation in a terrorist organization (part 1 of article 258-3 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine).
- On August 14, Belarus extradited 32 Wagnerites detained near Minsk to Russia.
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Author:
Yuri godovan
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