“He is free ... Tomorrow, I believe that the guys (Pegov and Lasenko) will be already at home. There are no reasons to worry, ”RIA Novosti quotes the diplomat.

Earlier, the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Maria Zakharova spoke about the work with Belarus regarding the detention of Pegov.

The journalist was detained during a protest in Minsk, after which he was sent to the Center for Isolation of Offenders in the Belarusian capital.