President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko spoke about the conversation that took place with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin after the detention of 33 Russians on Belarusian territory in 2020. In an interview with Vladimir Solovyov, published on YouTubechannel “Soloviev Live”, he called the conversation tough.
“But so that you know, when we detained these guys, we handed over the FSB materials in full, it was such a tough conversation with Putin,” the Belarusian president shared. According to him, at that moment the Russian side did not tell the Belarusian colleagues that “there was some kind of mole.” “We started investigating, I spoke with Putin on this topic three times. He says: “Wait, now we are investigating, let’s go with you, and we will see where the legs grow from.” It became clear in a week or a few days,” he added.
On July 29, 2020, 33 Russians from the Wagner PMC were detained in Belarus. Minsk stated that they were preparing riots before the presidential elections. Some of the detainees fought in the Donbass and had Ukrainian passports. Kiev requested their extradition, but the “Wagnerites” returned to Russia. Some opponents of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky believe that the operation was thwarted by people close to him.
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