In an interview with Sergei Brilev, President of Russia Vladimir Putin said the country has set up a reserve of employees of law-enforcement authorities at the request of President-elect of Belarus Aleksandr Lukashenko, but it won’t be used for the time being, TASS reports.

“Aleksandr Lukashenko asked me to set up a reserve of employees of law-enforcement authorities, and I did, but we agreed that it won’t be used until the situation gets out of hand,” Putin said.