Moscow does not intend to put pressure on Minsk on the issue of Crimea, Abkhazia and South Ossetia - Peskov
Belarus will independently decide on the issue of ownership of the Crimea, as well as the status of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, when it considers it necessary, presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
Earlier, President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko has said that he would recognize the Russian ownership of Crimea, as well as Abkhazia and South Ossetia, as soon as he realizes that there is a need for this.