“It is important to recognize that Moscow has influence, a unique influence on the Lukashenka’s regime, and we welcome the use of this influence by Moscow in such a way that it moves Belarus forward,” RIA Novosti quoted her as saying.
as Fischer notes, at the same time, the United States understands that Russia is ready to "use the crisis for its own purposes."
Earlier, the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, expressed the opinion that Western countries are "pulling" Russia to a crisis on the border of Belarus and Poland.