"Yesterday, according to the results of checking the operational information received from the special services, 33 citizens of the Russian Federation, employees of the Wagner PMC, were detained on suspicion of committing this crime (preparation of riots. - RT )," reads the message on the website of the Investigative Committee of Belarus.
Earlier, the Kremlin commented on the detention of Russians in Belarus.
On July 29, the state Belarusian news agency BelTA announced the arrest of 33 Russians in Belarus. Later, Russian Ambassador to the country Dmitry Mezentsev commented on this information.