Arrival of the first echelons with Russian servicemen who are part of the regional group of forces in Belarus. File photoMINSK, Oct. 28 The prosecutor's office in Belarus opened a case against a local businessman who refused to sell auto parts to Russian servicemen, accusing him of violating the equality of citizens, the press service of the country's Prosecutor General's Office reported. ) initiated a criminal case against a 65-year-old local resident who was charged with violating the equality of citizens,» the department's Telegram channel said. According to the report, «the suspect, being an individual entrepreneur engaged in retail trade in auto parts, refused to purchase spare parts for a vehicle by Russian servicemen.» In accordance with Belarusian law, the man faces a fine of up to two years in prison. President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko On October 10, he announced that he had agreed with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the involvement of a regional group of troops in connection with the aggravation of the situation on the western borders of the Union State. The Belarusian Defense Ministry clarified that the total number of Russian military personnel in the joint regional grouping of troops in Belarus will be slightly less than 9 thousand. Russian military personnel began to arrive in Belarus, including the aviation component of the regional grouping of troops. Earlier it was reported that about 170 tanks, up to 200 armored combat vehicles and up to 100 guns and mortars with a caliber of more than 100 mm will also arrive in Belarus as part of the deployed Belarusian-Russian group of troops from the Russian Federation. Lukashenka promised not to allow the Russian military to be stabbed in the back