By Yuras Karmanau and Vladimir Isachenkov undefined MINSK, Belarus (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that he stands ready to send police to Belarus if protests there turn violent, but added in an interview broadcast Thursday that there is no such need now and voiced hope that the situation in the neighboring country will stabilize. Belarus' authoritarian president of 26 years, Alexander Lukashenko, is facing weeks of protests against his reelection to a sixth term in the Aug. 9 vote, which the opposition says was rigged. Putin told Russia's state television that Lukashenko has asked him to prepare a […]

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