Belarusian President Lukashenko did not appear on Sunday at a ceremony in Minsk, triggering speculation that the veteran leader is seriously ill.
, who has not been seen in public since Tuesday, did not appear on Sunday at a ceremony in the capital, Minsk, triggering speculation that the veteran leader is seriously ill.
The agency gave no reason for Lukashenko’s absence five days after he appeared unwell and skipped parts of commemorations in Moscow marking the Soviet Union’s World War Two victory over Germany. Lukashenko, second from left, during a wreath-laying ceremony at the Kremlin wall in Moscow on May 9, 2023.A Russian online publication, Podyom, quoted a senior member of the Duma lower house of parliament, Konstantin Zatulin, as saying that “ has simply fallen ill ... and probably needs a rest.”
Lukashenko, 68, has led Belarus since 1994, using police to put down protests, while courts closed dissident media outlets and imposed long jail terms on opponents, and activists fled the country en masse.
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