Lukashenko put the squeeze on Russia: Ambassador Babich is recalled to Moscow
Russian President Vladimir Putin replaced the Russian Ambassador to Belarus from Mikhail Babich to Dmitry Mezentsev, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Information about the appointment was published on the website Kremlin.ru “Vladimir Putin signed a decree appointing Dmitry Mezentsev as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the Republic of Belarus. By another decree, the head of state relieved Mikhail Babich of his duties as Russian Ambassador to Belarus, and...