"A procedural check of the circumstances is being carried out, as a result of which Russian citizens were detained on the territory of the Republic of Belarus on July 29 this year," the message says.

According to the department, after collecting and carefully analyzing all the necessary information, the UK will give a legal assessment.

Earlier, a telephone conversation took place between Russian and Belarusian leaders Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko. 

During the conversation, the parties discussed the situation with the detention of 33 Russians in Belarus. 

At the end of July, it became known about the detention of Russians in Belarus. They are suspected of preparing riots.

The Russian Foreign Ministry called the situation around the detainees a performance. 

They noted that the guilt of the detainees was not proven and they must return to their homeland.