Itar-Tass: Lukashenko blames Moscow for embassy attack
Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (R) meets with Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko in Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow on June 11, 2010. Tension betweeen the two leaders has increased in recent months. AFP

Itar-Tass: Lukashenko blames Moscow for embassy attack

Sep 2, 2010 at 04:31
MINSK, September 1 (Itar-Tass) -- Belarussian President Alexander Lukashenko does not rule what he has described as a Russian connection in the incident involving the Russian embassy in Minsk. “Two villains hurled Molotov cocktails over the fence of the Russian embassy in Minsk. For us this is a terrible emergency, because generally such things never happen, " he said in an interview on Wednesday. "We responded instantly and offered assistance to the Russian Embassy, but they said that they would manage themselves." Read the story here.

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