Russian President Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Putin - Russian politician.

Born on October 7, 1952 in Leningrad, now St. Petersburg. Prez arrived today on a one-day working visit to Belarus, TASS reported.

Putin will meet in Minsk with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko

Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko has been the president of Belarus since 1994. Before entering the The negotiations will also involve members of the governments of both countries and heads of departments.

The two presidents will also have a private meeting, after which they are expected to make statements to the media.

Putin last visited Belarus in June 2019.

It is expected that the talks will touch upon topics of bilateral relations, as well as current international and regional issues.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that the discussions will also include the gas issue.

The Russian Minister of Defense Sergey Shoigu also arrived in Minsk, the head of the department for international military cooperation at the Belarusian Ministry of Defense, Valery Revenko, announced on Twitter.

Earlier, he said that Shoigu and Belarusian Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin would participate in the talks between Putin and Lukashenko.

Putin arrives in Minsk as Kyiv fears the Russian president intends to pressure its ally to join a planned ground offensive that would open a new front against Ukraine, Reuters said.

Peskov said that Belarus is Russia's "number one ally", but he said that suggestions that Moscow wants to pressure Minsk to join its "special military operation" are "stupid and baseless fabrications", BTA noted.

Kremlin on claims that Putin will pressure Belarus for war in Ukraine: Stupid fabrications

Vladimir Putin

Alexander Lukashenko

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the war in Ukraine