Belarus' Interior Ministry says it has released more than 2,000 people detained during nightly protests against election fraud after President Alexander Lukashenko claimed a landslide victory of 80%.
, Putin said that he looked forward to greater economic, political and military cooperation with Belarus.
Tsepkalo said he believes a Russian military intervention is unlikely."I do not see that it might happen," he said."But if it would happen, it would be a disaster for Belarus and for European security." The United States, I wish, would recognize Svetlana Tikhanovskaya as the winner of these presidential elections.Belarusians are more positively inclined toward Russia, and candidates like Tikhanovskaya are pro-Western in the sense that they want open, democratic societies — but not that they're seeking NATO or EU membership.
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