Users of Belarusian social networks say that the border guards carefully check Russians.
Belarus introduced temporary border controls on the border with Russia and set up a checkpoint there. This was announced on Friday, May 5, by the State Border Committee of Belarus in a comment to a local publication. Glass.
The department said that such standards were introduced as part of the implementation of the agreement “on the mutual recognition of visas.”
In particular, control is established in six main areas. This is done only in the case of entry from Russia to Belarus.
The Border Committee assures that such measures are “temporary”, but has struggled to answer when they are planned to be cancelled.
Belarusian Telegram channels announced that queues have already been observed at the border, especially on the M1 highway.
According to unconfirmed reports, the Russians were especially carefully checked: everyone was “kicked out of the cars, searched, documents were written.”
Recall that the self-proclaimed President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, convened a meeting on the security and protection of the state border, as a “significant worsening of the situation” was allegedly predicted at the border.
Source: korrespondent
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