Minsk included about 100 officials from each of the Baltic countries in its own blacklists; they are prohibited from entering the territory of Belarus.

According to Sergey Naryshkin, the United States is using the most unscrupulous methods to influence the situation in the republic.

Former President of the USSR called on the future winner of the presidential race to immediately meet with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.

“Any statements about any military support or military activity definitely add fuel to the fire,” Dmitry Peskov said.

Earlier, she met with French President Emmanuel Macron.

Relations between the two countries “are not subject to either time or conjuncture”, Vladimir Putin said.

“This is very clearly a murder attempt carried out on Russian soil, against a Russian opposition leader with a chemical agent manipulated in Russia,” French President said.