The Russian president claims the Belarus' law enforcement bodies "behave quite restrained, no matter what."
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said Russian law enforcement units could be used to suppress protests in Belarus.
"Alexander Grigoryevich [Lukashenko] asked me to form a backup law enforcement unit. And I have done so. However, we have also agreed it won't be used unless the situation gets out of control, unless 'extremist elements' hiding behind political slogans cross certain lines, unless they begin to torch houses, banks, trying to seize administrative buildings, etc.," he told the Rossiya-1 TV channel in an interview, according to an UNIAN correspondent in Russia.
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The Russian president also claims the Belarus' law enforcement bodies "behave quite restrained, no matter what."