{"id":19601,"date":"2023-05-15T17:30:50","date_gmt":"2023-05-15T17:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/?p=19601"},"modified":"2023-05-15T17:30:50","modified_gmt":"2023-05-15T17:30:50","slug":"photo-of-belarus-lukashenko-released-after-health-rumors-political-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/?p=19601","title":{"rendered":"Photo of Belarus Lukashenko released after health rumors |  Political news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"article__subhead css-1wt8oh6\">Russia&#8217;s Victory Day celebration on Tuesday was the last time the Belarusian leader was seen in public.<\/p>\n<p>A photo of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has been published by state media following growing speculation about his health.<\/p>\n<p>The photo, posted on the Telegram channel of Pul Pervovo, a news outlet that reports on Lukashenko&#8217;s activities, showed him with a bandage on his left hand.  He said the president was working at a military command base.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, state news agency BeLTA reported that Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko read a message from Lukashenko, 68, during an annual ceremony in which young people pledge allegiance to the flag.<\/p>\n<p>According to the opposition news outlet Euroradio, Lukashenko was transferred to an elite clinic in Minsk on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>A Russian online publication, Podyom, quoted a senior member of the Duma&#8217;s lower house of parliament, Konstantin Zatulin, as saying that \u201c[Lukashenko] he just got sick&#8230; and probably needs to rest.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The photo was posted on the Telegram channel of Pul Pervovo, a news outlet that reports on Lukashenko&#8217;s activities [Pul Pervogo Telegram channel]<\/p>\n<p>Lukashenko was last seen in public on Tuesday during Russia&#8217;s annual Victory Day celebrations in Moscow.  Rumors then began to circulate after reports that he appeared tired and unsteady when he skipped a lunch hosted by President Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n<p>The Belarusian leader also did not speak at an event in Minsk to mark the anniversary of his assumption of the presidency.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, the Kremlin said there had been no official announcement from Minsk about Lukashenko&#8217;s health.  He said it was best to be guided by the official statements of the Belarusian authorities.<\/p>\n<p>Lukashenko has become more dependent on Russia for energy and loans since Russia&#8217;s invasion of Ukraine last year.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center;display:block\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Belarus, Russia to start \u2018defensive in nature\u2019 air force drills\" width=\"760\" height=\"428\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wwWwUCE0vHM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Exiled Belarusian opposition leader Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya told her supporters to be prepared for &#8220;all scenarios&#8221; in response to growing rumors about Lukashenko&#8217;s health.<\/p>\n<p>On Twitter, he wrote: &#8220;There are many rumors about the health of dictator Lukashenko. For us, it means only one thing: we must be well prepared for every scenario. Turn Belarus on the path to democracy and prevent Russia from step in. We need the international community to be proactive and fast.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">There are many rumors about the health of the dictator Lukashenko.  For us, it means only one thing: we must be well prepared for every scenario.  Put Belarus on the road to democracy and prevent Russia from interfering.  We need the international community to be proactive and fast. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qfnsnPYBMZ\">pic.twitter.com\/qfnsnPYBMZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya (@Tsihanouskaya) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Tsihanouskaya\/status\/1657964661990469633?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">May 15, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, Franak Viacorka, an adviser to Tsikhanouskaya, said the opposition was working on a joint action plan &#8220;with democratic forces&#8221; for &#8220;when something happens.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to the Belarusian constitution, if Lukashenko is unable to govern, his position is held by the speaker of the upper house of parliament until elections are held.<\/p>\n<p>The current speaker is Natalya Kochanova, Lukashenko&#8217;s former chief of staff, who is considered loyal and hard-line.<\/p>\n<p>Lukashenko, who has ruled Belarus since 1994, has used his powers to quell protests and impose long prison terms on opponents.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2023\/5\/15\/photo-of-belaruss-lukashenko-published-after-rumours-over-health\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russia&#8217;s Victory Day celebration on Tuesday was the last time the Belarusian leader was seen in public. A photo of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has been published by state media following growing speculation about his health. The photo, posted on the Telegram channel of Pul Pervovo, a news outlet that reports on Lukashenko&#8217;s activities, showed him with a bandage on his left hand. He said the president was working at a military command base. On Sunday, state news agency BeLTA reported that Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko read a message from Lukashenko, 68, during an annual ceremony in which young people&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":19602,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-videos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19601"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19601\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19603,"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19601\/revisions\/19603"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news24feed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}