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Russia and Belarus detain two Lukashenko critics

FILE PHOTO: Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko in Sochi, Russia February 22, 2021. Sputnik/Alexei Druzhinin/Kremlin via REUTERS

Russia's FSB security service said on Saturday that it had detained two Belarusian citizens in Russia for what it said was an attempted coup and assassination attempt against Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko.

Working in cooperation with the Belarusian KGB, Russia's FSB detained Yuri Zyankevich, a lawyer who has dual citizenship of the United States and Belarus, and Belarusian political analyst Alexander Feduta, the FSB said in a statement.

FILE PHOTO: Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Lukashenko during a meeting in Sochi, Russia February 22, 2021. Sputnik/Alexei Druzhinin/Kremlin via REUTERS

(Reporting by Polina Devitt; Editing by Kevin Liffey)

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