Putin in conversation with Lukashenko raised the topic of the detained Russian woman

This was announced by the press secretary of the Russian president Dmitry Peskov.

“On the initiative of the President of Russia, the topic of a Russian citizen who was detained and who is now in a pre-trial detention center was raised.

Of course, we are not indifferent to her fate.

But also taking into account the fact that she really - it was confirmed ... has a residence permit in Belarus, ”said Peskov.

As he noted, "it was emphasized by the President of Russia that everything should be done within the framework of the law."

Peskov added that Putin instructed the Russian Foreign Ministry to closely monitor the fate of a Russian citizen detained in Belarus.

Earlier, the lawyer Alexander Filanovich, representing the interests of the Russian woman Sophia Sapega, arrested in Belarus, said that he was able to visit his client in the KGB pre-trial detention center.

Russian citizen Sophia Sapega was detained in Minsk on May 23.

She flew on a Ryanair plane with Roman Protasevich, the founder of the NEXTA Telegram channel recognized as extremist in Belarus.