FILE PHOTO: Russian President Vladimir Putin takes part in a ceremony to launch a new large-scale production facility at the plant of Bratskchemsyntez drugmaker owned by Pharmasyntez Group, via a video link at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow, Russia November 26, 2020. Sputnik/Aleksey Nikolskyi/Kremlin via REUTERS
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Belarus is under unprecedented external pressure, speaking at a meeting of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO), a security block of six post-Soviet countries.
Belarus has seen more than three months of protests since a contested Aug. 9 presidential election, in which incumbent Alexander Lukashenko claimed a landslide victory. His opponents say it was rigged to hand him a sixth term in power.
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