Putin ratifies security pact with Belarus amid tensions
Putin signed the law ratifying the agreement with Belarus on security guarantees within the framework of the Union State, as reported by the Russian news agency TASS on Friday.
Many of the pieces of information provided by Russian and Belarusian media or government representatives are elements of propaganda. Such reports are part of the information war conducted by the Russian Federation.
In December, Vladimir Putin and Alexander Lukashenko signed an agreement in Minsk regarding mutual security guarantees. At that time, the Russian leader stated that the signed treaty "will allow reliably protecting the security of Russia and Belarus, enabling conditions conducive to further peaceful and sustainable development of our states."
As reported by the media, the document was supposed to define mutual obligations in the areas of defence, protection of sovereignty, independence, and constitutional order of Russia and Belarus, ensuring the integrity and inviolability of the territory and external borders of the Union State.
Putin emphasised back then that in the event of a threat, for example to Belarus, Russia would be able to use "all available forces and means," including Russian nuclear weapons stationed on Belarusian territory. The conditions for possible use of nuclear weapons are defined in the updated nuclear doctrine of Russia, he conveyed.
On Friday, the Russian agency TASS reported that Putin signed the law ratifying the agreement with Belarus on security guarantees.
