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Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko (L) talks to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev (R) (AFP Photo / Pool / Maxim Shipenkov) 08.06.2009, 19:35 1 comment

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The tension between Moscow and Minsk has reached a new level after Dmitry Medvedev criticized in his video blog Aleksandr Lukashenko’s “anti-Russian rhetoric”.

Moscow doesn’t pressure Belarus – Russian FM

Published: 09 June, 2009, 17:41


Sergey Lavrov (AFP Photo / Jens Astrup)

Russia does not link cooperation with Belarus to its recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, the Russian Foreign Minister said on Tuesday following a meeting with his Belarusian counterpart in Moscow.

 
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