State Duma Representative About Lukashenka: He Has Become Sponger, Almost Parasite

Zatulin believes that the Russian Ambassador to Belarus should be withdrawn to Russia.

First Deputy Chairman of the Russian State Duma Committee on CIS Affairs, Eurasian "integration" and relations with compatriots Konstantin Zatulin called the detention of 33 Russians in Belarus a provocation.

As Radio Svaboda reports, the politician said so in an interview with the Moscow Speaks radio station.

"He (Aliaksandr Lukashenka - editor-in-chief) became a sponger, almost a parasite in the Russian-Belarusian relations, a blackmailer, and in this situation he abased himself so far as to make a provocation with the detention of the Russians," - Konstantin Zatulin said.

Konstantin Zatulin believes that the Russian Ambassador to Belarus should be withdrawn to Russia for consultations.