Russia will defend Belarus and help it if the European Union imposes economic sanctions on Minsk over the grounding of a plane and arrest of a dissident blogger, the RIA news agency cited a Russian Foreign Ministry official as saying.
Protests in Belarus
Reuters: RIA reports Russia vows to defend Belarus if EU sanctions Minsk
Activists and members of the Belarusian diaspora in Ukraine hold an umbrella in the colors of the former national red and white flags of Belarus during a rally at Independence Square in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on May 30, 2021, to support Belarusian anti-government movements and arrested opposition journalist.
