Lukashenko Health speculation
Sky News
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Rumours are again circulating about the health of Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko, less than a week after he insisted he was “not going to die” on state TV.
Valery Tsepkalo, a 2020 Belarusian presidential candidateand opposition leader, claimed in a Telegram post at the weekend that the 68-year-old Mr Lukashenko was in hospital in Moscow in “critical condition” following a meeting with Russia’s Vladimir Putin.
Speculation about the Belarusian leader’s health began earlier this month after he appeared at Victory Day celebrations in Moscow’s Red Square on 9 May with a bandage on his right hand and looked unsteady on his feet. He missed the lunch hosted by Mr Putin.
Later that week on Sunday, the autocratic leader of Belarusdid not address the annual celebration of National Flag, Emblem, and Anthem Day as he usually does, with his prime minister reading a message on his behalf instead.
Mr Tsepkalo claimed that the Belarusian leader was “urgently transported to Moscow’s Central Clinical Hospital after his closed-door meeting with Putin”, while admitting that the information was “subject to further confirmation”.
“Currently, he remains under medical care there. Leading specialists have been mobilised to address his critical condition. Blood purification procedures have been conducted, and Lukashenko’s condition has been deemed non-transportable,” he said..
Mr Tsepkalo also rejected the “orchestrated efforts” by the Belarusian government to downplay concerns around Mr Lukashenko’s health, and called it an attempt to save the Kremlin from blame over its “alleged involvement in his poisoning”.
After Mr Tsepkalo’s post was widely shared on Telegram and Twitter, the Belarusian authorities released pictures and videos of Mr Lukashenko but observers have raised questions over the timing of when they were taken.
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Rumours are again circulating about the health of Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko, less than a week after he insisted he was “not going to die” on state TV.
Valery Tsepkalo, a 2020 Belarusian presidential candidateand opposition leader, claimed in a Telegram post at the weekend that the 68-year-old Mr Lukashenko was in hospital in Moscow in “critical condition” following a meeting with Russia’s Vladimir Putin.
Speculation about the Belarusian leader’s health began earlier this month after he appeared at Victory Day celebrations in Moscow’s Red Square on 9 May with a bandage on his right hand and looked unsteady on his feet. He missed the lunch hosted by Mr Putin.
Later that week on Sunday, the autocratic leader of Belarusdid not address the annual celebration of National Flag, Emblem, and Anthem Day as he usually does, with his prime minister reading a message on his behalf instead.
Mr Tsepkalo claimed that the Belarusian leader was “urgently transported to Moscow’s Central Clinical Hospital after his closed-door meeting with Putin”, while admitting that the information was “subject to further confirmation”.
“Currently, he remains under medical care there. Leading specialists have been mobilised to address his critical condition. Blood purification procedures have been conducted, and Lukashenko’s condition has been deemed non-transportable,” he said..
Mr Tsepkalo also rejected the “orchestrated efforts” by the Belarusian government to downplay concerns around Mr Lukashenko’s health, and called it an attempt to save the Kremlin from blame over its “alleged involvement in his poisoning”.
After Mr Tsepkalo’s post was widely shared on Telegram and Twitter, the Belarusian authorities released pictures and videos of Mr Lukashenko but observers have raised questions over the timing of when they were taken.
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