Belarus Detains 33 Russia Militants in Alleged Election Plot
- Kremlin-linked Wagner sought to destabilize Belarus: Belta
- Lukashenko faces toughest election battle of his 26-year rule
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Belarus accused a Kremlin-linked military contractor of sending 200 fighters to destabilize the country ahead of Aug. 9 presidential elections in which longtime ruler Alexander Lukashenko is facing an unprecedented challenge.
Lukashenko summoned an emergency meeting of his Security Council on Wednesday over the detention of 32 Russians at a sanatorium near the capital Minsk who were alleged by law enforcement to belong to the private Wagner group of mercenaries, his press service said on its website. Another Russian was held in the south of Belarus, it said.