"Amid the seriousness of the situation and the threat of escalation of confrontation in the Russian Federation the FSB has opened a criminal case into the fact of a call for an armed rebellion on the part of Yevgeny Prigozhin," it said.
"You will likely ask me why precisely President Lukashenko [became the mediator]? The thing is that Alexander Grigoryevich has known Prigozhin personally for a long time, about 20 years, and this was his personal initiative which was coordinated with President Putin," the Kremlin official
Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin has decided to stop his march to Moscow after talks with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, reported Al Jazeera on Saturday.
Belarus 2020 presidential candidate Valery Tsepkalo in a Telegram post claimed that Lukashenko was in critical condition at the Central Clinical Hospital of Moscow.
"We have not seen any reason to adjust our own strategic nuclear posture nor any indications Russia is preparing to use a nuclear weapon," State Department spokesperson Vedant Patel said.
"The United States has been doing this for decades. They placed their tactical nuclear weapons on the territories of their allied countries, NATO countries, in Europe a long time ago. In six states - these are the Federal Republic of Germany, Turkey, the Netherlands, Belgium, Italy and Greec
Minsk [Belarus], August 9 (ANI): The US has announced restrictions over visa issuance to over 100 persons, including members of the regime of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, on the second anniversary of the disputed election in the former Soviet state.
Minsk [Belarus], May 6 (ANI/Xinhua): Belarus will not participate in Russia's special military operation in Ukraine, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said Thursday in an interview with The Associated Press.
Beijing [China], April 11 (ANI): Chinese President Xi Jinping and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko may meet on the sidelines of a regional forum in September for face-to-face talks on bilateral issues, the Belarusian ambassador in Beijing said on Sunday.
Brussels [Belgium], March 25 (ANI): Leaders of the G7 countries on Friday said that they will spare no efforts to hold Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Lukashenko regime in Belarus, accountable for their aggression in Ukraine.