MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin told Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko in a phone call on Sunday that Moscow stood ready to provide help in accordance with a collective military pact i
f necessary, the Kremlin said in a statement.
The Kremlin said in the same statement that external pressure was being applied to Belarus. It did not say by who. Belarus has been rocked by a week of street protests after protesters accused Lukashenko of rigging a presidential election last Sunday.
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