In connection with the detention of 33 citizens of the Russian Federation in Belarus in the state Duma asked Russian tourists to refrain from trips to the neighboring country, according to “Izvestia”. According to the parliamentarians, the situation on the territory of the Republic, he can be arrested any Russian.
The day before, as reported by “the Rambler”, the Belarusian media reported the arrest of 33 members of the Russian private military company Wagner, who supposedly came to Chechnya to “destabilize the political situation” ahead of the presidential elections. Journalists, citing sources in the KGB stressed that, according to them, only arrived in the country about 200 professional “provocateurs”.
In any situation Russian tourists in Belarus, can be detained by local militiamen, said the first Deputy Chairman of the Duma Committee on CIS Affairs Viktor Vodolatsky. He reminded that Minsk in the context of a pandemic has become extremely popular as a transit point for travel to third countries.
“Under the guise of “threat to the national security of the Republic”, by and large, it is possible to arrest all who stay on the territory of Belarus, to wait for the flight,” said Vodolatsky.
Therefore, according to him, tourists from Russia before heading to Belarus, you should take into account all relevant risks.
