Renew: 23/05/2023 22:23
Issued by: 23/05/2023, 22:23
Minsk – Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko appeared in public today and denied reports that he is seriously ill. This was reported by Reuters and TASS. There has been speculation about the deteriorating health of the East European country’s authoritarian ruler since May 9, when he took part in a military parade in Moscow organized to commemorate the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. He looked tired, did not attend until the end of the celebration and then withdrew from a number of public events in his homeland.
“If anyone thinks I’m going to die, let them rest in peace,” Lukashenko told a meeting to discuss health issues. Session videos published state channel Pul Pervogo. The Belarusian leader, who sounded hoarse, later said he had contracted an adenovirus, the common cold.
The 68-year-old Lukashenko noted that while recovery from such an infection usually takes only three days, he was too busy to take time off immediately. “I didn’t get a chance to recover… So I’m not going to die guys. You guys will have to deal with me for a long time,” he added.
Lukashenko has been in power since July 1994. Last time, according to the official results, he won the elections in 2020. But the opposition and Western countries consider this vote to be falsified, in fact, according to them, opposition leader Svyatlana Cichanouská won. . Dissatisfaction with the elections led to demonstrations of unprecedented proportions in the country. Security forces brutally suppressed the protests, arresting tens of thousands of people and beating thousands of them.
The Belarusian leader is one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s closest allies, to whom he provided Belarusian territory and an airport for a Russian invasion of neighboring Ukraine.
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