MFA: No Ukrainian refugees in Russia's Belgorod region

posted 07 March 2014 11:43

Russian media referring to the governor of Russia's Belgorod region Yevgeny Savchenko has reported a few days ago that the territory is allegedly flooded with refugees from Ukraine - up to 150000 people that  

To verify this information, the Foreign Ministry has addressed to the head of the press service of the government of Belgorod region. In response we were assured that information about refugees from Ukraine is untrue. There are and were no refugees from Ukraine in Belgorod region. The situation on the border is calm.