Thirty-two Russians detained earlier in Belarus return home - Russian Prosecutor General's Office
MOSCOW. Aug 14 (Interfax) - Thirty-two Russian citizens who were earlier detained in Belarus and whom Minsk described as members of the Wagner private military company have returned home, the Russian Prosecutor General's Office said.
"In line with Russian Prosecutor General Igor Krasnov's request dated August 5, 2020, according to the procedure stipulated by the Minsk Convention on Legal Assistance and Legal Relations on Civil, Family, and Criminal Cases of January 22, 1993, thirty-two citizens of the Russian Federation who were detained earlier in Belarus have crossed the Russian Federation's border and are currently in Russia," the office told Interfax.
The thirty-third Russian citizen, who also has Belarusian citizenship, stayed in Belarus, it said.