Belarus detains dozens of Russians as election tensions rise

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, centre right, listens to Valery Vakulchik, chief of the Belarusian state security service, KGB, during a meeting of Security Council in Minsk, Belarus, Wednesday, July 29, 2020. Belarusian authorities said Wednesday they have detained dozens of Russian private military contractors days before Belarus' presidential vote, a sign of escalating tensions between the two neighbors. The presidential election in Belarus is scheduled for Aug. 9, 2020. (Nikolai Petrov/BelTA Pool Photo via AP)