Russia said there was no reason to suspect the statement of President Belarus Alexander Lukashenko about the reasons for stopping ryanair planes.

"The Kremlin found there was no reason to not trust the claims from the Belarus leader," said Russian President Dmitry Peskov spokesman told reporters in Moskva on May 26, soon after Lukashenko spoke in advance

Lukashenko confirmed that Ryanair aircraft was asked to land after a threat to bombing from Switzerland.

Russian President Putin (left) and President Belarus Alexander Lukashenko in Moskva in June 2020.

However, the Swiss Foreign Ministry issued a statement to say that they "don't know any bombing threats on Ryanair Athens - Vilnius" flight.

MiG-29 Belarus fighters on May 23 Applying Ryaniar's passenger aircraft flying from Athens to Lithuania, pressing it towards and landing on Minsk.

Western accuses Belarus performs hijackers and requests to drop protasevich.