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Belarus Prez Lukashenko rushed to hospital after closed-door meeting with Putin, remains ‘critical’
India Today
UPDATED: May 29, 2023 08:16 IST
https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/belarus-president-alexander-lukashenko-hospital-critical-condition-meeting-putin-poisoning-reports-2385714-2023-05-29
Lukashenko’s rival Valery Tsepkalo said the Belarusian President was “urgently transported to Moscow’s Central Clinical Hospital after his closed-door meeting with Putin”. He is in critical condition and his health is being monitored by top specialists.
Belarus’ President Alexander Lukashenko has been taken to hospital in Moscow and is in critical condition after meeting Russian premier Vladimir Putin, reported the Daily Express.
Citing unconfirmed reports, Lukashenko’s opponent Valery Tsepkalo said the 68-year-old Belarusian President was “urgently transported to Moscow’s Central Clinical Hospital after his closed-door meeting with Putin.”
Tsepkalo is a former candidate for the presidency of Belarus and former ambassador to the United States. In a tweet, Tsepkalo said Lukashenko “remains under medical care” and “leading specialists have been mobilized” to access his condition, which is believed to be critical.
The Belarusian government has remained tight-lipped amid speculation about the president’s health and has yet to release a statement on the nature of his illness. This has further stoked conspiracy theories that Lukashenko could have been poisoned by Russian secret services.
This comes as Lukashenko confirmed last week that Russia had begun moving tactical nuclear warheads for storage to Belarus. This marked the first deployment of such weapons outside its borders since the 1991 fall of the Soviet Union.
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the deployment of shorter-range weapons in Belarus earlier this year, in a move widely seen as a warning to the West as it stepped up military support for Ukraine.
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