Belarus

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FILE - In this Thursday, Feb. 25, 2016 file photo Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, speaks with Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko in Minsk, Belarus. In more than two decades in power, the autocratic leader of Belarus has cast his nation as Moscow's closest ally, securing tens of billions of dollars in Russian subsidies. Now, the Kremlin finally seems to have lost patience with its unruly ally.(Alexei Druzhinin/Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, file)

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Belarus's President Alexander Lukashenko is seen on TV screens inside a shop, broadcast during a briefing in Minsk, Belarus, Friday, Feb. 3, 2017. In the televised broadcast on Friday, Lukashenko asked the country's interior minister to press charges against Russia's top food safety official, alleging charges of "damaging the state" because Russia stopped the import of Belarusian products due to quality issues and suspicions that Belarus resells EU-made dairy products that are banned in Russia. The Kremlin responded to the outburst, listing the loans and reduced taxes Russia gave to Belarus. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

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Belarus's President Alexander Lukashenko is seen on TV screens inside a shop, broadcast during a briefing in Minsk, Belarus, Friday, Feb. 3, 2017. In the televised broadcast on Friday, Lukashenko asked the country's interior minister to press charges against Russia's top food safety official, alleging charges of "damaging the state" because Russia stopped the import of Belarusian products due to quality issues and suspicions that Belarus resells EU-made dairy products that are banned in Russia. The Kremlin responded to the outburst, listing the loans and reduced taxes Russia gave to Belarus. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

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Belarus's President Alexander Lukashenko speaks during a briefing in Minsk, Belarus, Friday, Feb. 3, 2017. In a televised broadcast on Friday, Lukashenko asked the country's interior minister to press charges against Russia's top food safety official, alleging charges of "damaging the state" because Russia stopped the import of Belarusian products due to quality issues and suspicions that Belarus resells EU-made dairy products that are banned in Russia. The Kremlin responded to the outburst, listing the loans and reduced taxes that Russia gave to Belarus. (Maxim Guchek/BelTA Pool Photo via AP) **FILE**

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Belarus's President Alexander Lukashenko speaks during a briefing in Minsk, Belarus, Friday, Feb. 3, 2017. In a televised broadcast on Friday, Lukashenko asked the country's interior minister to press charges against Russia's top food safety official, alleging charges of "damaging the state" because Russia stopped the import of Belarusian products due to quality issues and suspicions that Belarus resells EU-made dairy products that are banned in Russia. The Kremlin responded to the outburst, listing the loans and reduced taxes Russia gave to Belarus. (Maxim Guchek/BelTA Pool Photo via AP)

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Serena Williams of the United States celebrates winning a point againstVictoria Azarenka of Belarus during their singles match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, London, Tuesday July 7, 2015. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

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An Orthodox church is silhouetted during sunset in the village of Mozoli, 30 miles northwest of the capital, Minsk, Belarus, Monday, March 16, 2015. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

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Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures as he speaks to the media after the peace talks in Minsk, Belarus, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015. Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday emerged from marathon Ukraine peace talks by announcing a new cease-fire deal, but questions remained whether Ukraine and the pro-Russian rebels have agreed on its terms.(AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, pool)