“We repeat once more. The guilt of the citizens detained in Belarus has not been proven by anything. They must return to Russia, "TASS quoted the diplomat as saying.

At the end of July, the BelTA news agency reported that 33 Russians had been detained in Belarus. They are suspected of preparing riots.

According to Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, the Prosecutors General of Belarus, Russia and Ukraine should get together and resolve the issue of arresting a group of Russians.

Zakharova called the situation around the detainees a performance.