Around Russia Iron mask and iron curtain September 18, 2020 Igor Yakovenko “We are forced to withdraw troops from the streets, as I have already said, put half the Armia under the gun and close the state border with the West, primarily with Lithuania and Poland. We are forced to strengthen the state border, to our greatest regret, with our fraternal Ukraine, ”Lukashenko announced, speaking at a women's forum called“ Belarus ”.