Kremlin behind Belarus pressure

The pressure on Belarus is being directed from the Kremlin, Belarus President Aliaksandr Lukashenka said during a meeting with the Russian Communist leader Gennady Zyuganov.

Belarus cannot "rush frenzily" to Russia any longer, because the Russian leadership does not want that, Lukashenka said.

"They have started suffocating Belarus. They are simply degrading us", Lukashenka said.