Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has attributed the worsening of his country’s relations with Russia to Moscow’s fears of Minsk turning towards the West. Meduza reports.
According to Lukashenko, who spoke at a press conference on Friday morning, there are people in Russia’s administration whose position on Belarus is at odds with that of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Lukashenko added that Putin “probably knows something, but does not dare to say anything.”
Lukashenko criticized Russia after the FSB decided to restore a security zone on the border between Belarus and Russia without informing Minsk. Moscow insists said that measure was introduced to control the movement of citizens of other countries and would not affect the movement of Russians or Belarusians.
