Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday spoke to his Belarus ally, President Alexander Lukashenko, in his first international phone call since a mutiny by Wagner mercenaries inside Russia.
"The president of Russia called the president of Belarus this morning, there was a phone conversation," Belarusian state media reported.
"Vladimir Putin informed his Belarusian colleague about the situation in Russia."
Lukashenko, who allowed Russian troops to use Belarusian territory as a launchpad for their Ukraine offensive, has remained Putin's closest ally.
The Kremlin later said Putin also spoke to the president of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, and the president of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev.
"The president informed them about the situation (in Russia)," Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov was quoted as saying by Russian news agencies.
According to Kazakh media, Tokayev told Putin that events in Russia were an "internal affair," and Putin thanked him for his "understanding" of the situation.
After launching the Ukraine offensive last year, Putin, who has few allies on the international stage, called the Wagner mutiny a "stab in the back."
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