The presidents of Russia and Belarus Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko in a telephone conversation agreed that we cannot allow the difficult situation in the Republic have used " destructive forces ".

The details of the conversation, which took place at the initiative of Minsk, announced the press service of the Kremlin.

The Belarusian leader, for example, had informed Putin about the situation in the country After the elections, the Presidents expressed confidence that the current problems will soon resolve.

Putin and Lukashenko also positively considered "close cooperation" agencies of the two countries when working on the return to the Russian Federation 32 Residents, captured in Belarus by the end of July.

The presidents reiterated their " commitment to strengthening of allied relations that the full force is in the fundamental interests of the fraternal peoples of Russia and Belarus ", signed In the leadership of the Russian Federation.

The ninth of August in Belarus presidential elections were held. According to official data of the CEC, defeated the incumbent President Lukashenko won 80, 1% of the votes. On 2nd place - Svetlana Tikhanovski, 10, 12 percent.

opposing political force, these results do not recognize, and she Tikhanovski went to Lithuania.

After the polls closed in the country was started by an unauthorized demonstration of dissent. Military severely suppress them, using tear gas, water cannons, stun explosive device, rubber bullets.

according to official data, during protests tied about seven thousand people.

As reported the interior Ministry of Belarus, during the riots damaged hundreds of people, among them more than one hundred employees of law enforcement agencies.

One protester died trying to throw at policemen improvised explosive device.



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