Zakharova called the detention of 33 Russians a provocation of a third country

She announced this during her speech at the "Territory of Meanings" forum.

“The story of Belarus and the detained 33 Russian citizens shook the information space for at least a week, all of this was presented as almost a special operation of the Russian side to destabilize the situation in the neighboring state. And what turned out to be? In fact, it turned out that this was a provocation from a third state, as it is now being clarified on the basis of facts, ”RIA Novosti quotes Zakharova.

Earlier, the Russian Ambassador to Minsk Dmitry Mezentsev said that there are facts that indicate that the detention of Russians in Belarus was a provocation organized from a third country.

The Investigative Committee of Russia organized an investigation in connection with the detention of Russian citizens in Belarus.