“Chopovtsy” missed the flight: the Ambassador of the Russian Federation commented on the detention in Belarus Russians
KIEV. July 30. UNN. Russia’s Ambassador in Minsk Dmitry Mezentsev said that the detained citizens of Russia in Belarus, employees of a private security company who was late for a flight. About it reports UNN, citing the press Department of the Russian Embassy in the Republic of Belarus.
“Interpretation of mass media of the fact of detention of Russian citizens on the territory of Belarus as attempts to interfere in the internal Affairs of the Republic has no grounds, but only helps our enemies to sow discord in relations between the two countries. Russian citizens not involved in the events associated with the socio-political situation in Belarus. The Russians arrived in the sanatorium “Belorusochka” of Minsk, was forced to do due to the fact that I was late for a flight from National airport of the capital of the Republic, heading the transit to a third country,” — said Mezentsev.
According to him, they had intended to fly from Minsk to Istanbul on 25 July and is not believed to be in the Republic for a long time, and much later planned to return to the Russian capital from another state by plane, bypassing the territory of Belarus.
“According to information that still remains to be clarified, the Russians can be employees of a private security company, which — in the framework of performance of obligations under the commercial contract is meant to ensure the security of energy infrastructure and resources abroad — not in Belarus,” — said Mezentsev.
As reported UNN, the security Service of Ukraine in favor of the extradition to Ukraine of militants PMC “Wagner”, detained in Minsk.
We remind that the Belarusian news Agency BelTA on July 29 announced that night near Minsk detained the 32 mercenaries PMC “Wagner.”
Another soldier was detained in the South of the country. The Agency indicated that they had Russian citizenship. Later information was confirmed by the KGB. As noted by the Learned, “the militants wanted to destabilize the election campaign”. For these purposes the country has deployed about 200 people.
It should be noted the names of many detainees in Belarus, the 33 fighters of the private military company “Wagner” in the list of the site “Peacemaker”. Most of them, according to the website, fought in the occupied part of Donbass.