By Bond Robertson 
Alexander Lukashenko, 68, has not appeared in public for five days, and rumors abound. The president’s press service did not comment on the matter.
- However, the main feature of the Belarusian news agency Belta on Sunday night is Lukashenko’s hectic work week.
- It happens after the president was not present earlier on Sunday at the celebration of the Day of the Flag, Emblem and National Anthem of Belarus, where he made a speech in recent years.
- On Russia’s Victory Day on May 9, Lukashenko was present both at Red Square in Moscow, and later at the Victory Monument in Minsk, the capital of Belarus.
- Since then he has not appeared in public.
Signed by Anton Herachenko, Advisor to the Minister of Interior of Ukraine Twitter:
– Belarusian opposition media reported that Lukashenko was seen in the hospital and that doctors from Moscow came to him.
Many Russian media outlets have tried to downplay this claim:
– The opposition has repeatedly spread rumors about the state of both Lukashenko and his colleague Vladimir Putin. He writes that each time it was just a rumor tsargrad.tv.
– Is it true that he is ill? antiquities BBC Russian edition – He states that “Lukashenko was not the same” when he was on Red Square in Moscow on May 9.
– He looked exhausted and could not walk 300 meters in Red Square. The BBC wrote that he had to be driven in a small electric car, and Lukashenko claimed that Lukashenko also had a bandage on his arm.
English-speaking Ukrainian newspaper Kyiv Post He writes that “rumors swirl around Lukashenko’s health in Belarus after the dictator didn’t attend a major event.” The article was written by avowed political consultant Jason Jay Smart Unwanted personUnwanted personpersona non grata, especially to people who have been declared undesirable in a country. for life in Russia.
Belarusian dissident Pavel Latushko claims Twitter It is the first time in 29 years that Lukashenko has not appeared in public for a long time. He claims that the president has a serious viral infection.
Lukashenko has ruled Belarus since 1994.
Vladimir Putin used Belarus as a staging area for a full-scale invasion of Ukraine from February 24, 2022. In August 2020, Lukashenko received support from Putin when there were large protests after the presidential election, which Lukashenko won, according to the Election Commission. . Svyatlana Tsikhanovskaja’s competitor
She claims that she was the one with the most votes.
The president’s press service did not comment on the rumors Medusa.
A number of media reports said that Lukashenko – like other heads of state who were present in Red Square on May 9 – did not attend the luncheon hosted by Putin after the parade.
A Russian politician says Lukashenko was already ill before he came to Moscow, but he just needs time to recover.
– Nothing serious. It’s not covid. He just got sick, says Konstantin Zatulin, deputy chairman of the parliament’s committee on matters related to this matter. Commonwealth of Independent StatesCommonwealth of Independent StatesCIS. Nine of the fifteen former Soviet republics are members.according Moskovsky Komsomolets.
– He needs a rest, that’s all.