The Security Council of Belarus, against the backdrop of the situation in Russia, said on Saturday that Minsk remains an ally of Moscow, stressing that any internal conflict in military and political circles and civil society is a gift to the collective West.
"Belarusians and Russians are brotherly peoples, our states are bound by a political alliance. And we cannot remain aloof from the events taking place in the south of Russia. Every provocation, every internal conflict in military and political circles, in the sphere of information and civil society is a gift to the collective West. Even if the interested forces are not at the origin of such scenarios, they do not miss the opportunity to develop and lead them," read the statement.
The security council added that the Belarusian people have always been and will always be with Russia. The country remains an ally of Moscow, fully sharing the goals of Russia's special military operation in Ukraine.
"Belarus has always been and remains an ally of Russia, fully sharing the goals and objectives of the special military operation. This hard, forced and justified mission to protect the Russian people in Donbas. In fact, it is a fight for the future of the Slavic world," the statement read.
On Friday, the Federal Security Service (FSB) and the Prosecutor General's Office of Russia opened a criminal case against Wagner leader Yevgeny Prigozhin for "provoking an armed insurgency".
Delivering a speech on the situation in the country, the Russian president called the developments "a stab in the back of our country and our people".The president noted that the armed forces and other state bodies have received the necessary orders, additional anti-terrorist measures are now being taken in Moscow, the Moscow Region and a number of other regions.