Belaru­sian Pres­i­dent Alexan­der Lukashenko on Sat­ur­day reject­ed for­eign medi­a­tion offers to help sta­bi­lize the volatile sit­u­a­tion in his coun­try. But reached out to Russ­ian Pres­i­dent Vladimir Putin with a call, and both men expressed con­fi­dence that the sit­u­a­tion would “be resolved soon,” accord­ing to a read out of the call pub­lished by the Kremlin.