The new Russian Ambassador in Belarus Dmitry Mezentsev arrived in Minsk. About This Last news said the press service of the Russian Embassy. The thirtieth of April, Vladimir Putin freed Mikhail Babich from the post of Ambassador of Russia in Belarus and appointed to the post of the Senator from Sakhalin region and the head of the Federation Council on economic policy Dmitry Mezentsev. Mikhail Babich was the head of the Russian diplomatic mission in Minsk since August last year. in April, the head of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, addressing a message to the people and the Parliament of the Republic, said that the development of the NPP could cost more than seven billion dollars, while the agreement with Russia was concluded for ten billion. Babich, for his part, expressed the view that the Belarusian leader was misled, because Moscow never called the final price of the construction of the station. Lukashenka did not want to explain the words of the Ambassador, noting that the Russian Federation " on myself ". later, the press Secretary of the Belarusian foreign Ministry Anatoly Glaz said external forces over several decades failed to destroy relations between Minsk and the capitals of Russia, but Babich Is "successfully and effectively" manages in just a few months. In addition, in March, of the Eye recommended the Russian Ambassador "specifics" of Belarus and to show a little respect. It was a reaction to an interview with Babich for Last news , in which he gave an assessment of the Belarusian-Russian relations. <span style="color:darkgray