Rumors about the deterioration of Lukashenka’s health appeared on May 9, he did not make a speech in Victory Square in Minsk, and he was the first to leave the parade in Moscow, without even laying flowers and not talking to anyone.
Alexander Lukashenko, with his public appearance on May 9 in Moscow, gave rise to many rumors about his poor health. What will happen to the dictator?
Unable to walk, hand bandaged
At a parade in Moscow on May 9, Lukashenko was unable to walk the few hundred meters to a wreath-laying site with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin and the visiting presidents of Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and the prime minister of Armenia. . In addition, Lukashenka was not present at the breakfast organized by Putin for foreign guests, and a bandage was noticed on his arm.
According to the British edition of the Mirror, Lukashenko begged Putin to allow him not to go to Moscow for “medical reasons.” But Putin, eager to show that he is not completely isolated by the invasion of Ukraine, pressed his arrival.
The article also states that Lukashenko suffers from being overweight, a severe knee problem and serious back problems. In addition, the publication claims that Lukashenka was accompanied by an ambulance on the way to the airport in Moscow.
Refused to speak
Lukashenka’s behavior at the May 9 celebrations in Minsk was even more unusual. The dictator refused to speak, and the Minister of Defense did so instead.
“Such “teaching” is an unusual situation for Belarus, where Lukashenka has absolute power. It seems that the health problems are more serious than they seem, “wrote Nasha Niva.
According to Nasha Niva, the propagandists did not expect Khrenin to speak instead of Lukashenka, and they have already prepared a broadcast for his speech. Journalists also noticed that at the last official event in Minsk, the dictator had a hoarse voice.
Lukashenka immediately left the square after a brief flower-laying ceremony.
What is the disease?
Belarusian opposition leader Pavel Latushko said Lukashenka looked terrible in Moscow because he was sick with the flu and COVID-19, and his condition was “quite bad.” Latushko called it unprecedented that instead of Lukashenka, the Minister of Defense spoke at the events on the occasion of May 9.
In January, Latushko said Lukashenka needed an operation on his knee joint.
“The second problem is the spine, but here is a more global problem. Perhaps there will be no need for surgical intervention in the near future, but within a year or two such an operation should pass. He really lives in painkillers: strong enough to allow him to move,” said Latushko.
He noted that during one of the meetings with the Minister of Defense of Russia Sergei Shoigu, Lukashenko was “lying on his couch in his office and was very big, everything was swollen,” and before that he played hockey.
“This operation on the spine, it is almost impossible to do it in Belarus. It is also difficult in Russia. It is probably held in the West. Maybe, of course, both in Belarus and in Russia, the risks of immobilization are only higher. He can get into a situation where he is partially paralyzed,” explained the Belarusian oppositionist.
Ukrainian journalists showed Lukashenka’s video from the parade in Moscow to medical expert Marina Yerina, a general practitioner and physiotherapist. The first thing that catches your eye is that he walks very slowly and somehow with force.
“It can also speak of a debilitating disease, the same flu or Covid-19. Or it can indicate pain syndrome of the hip or knee joint, with which he is trying to cope, but it is not possible …. We can assume a hernia or protrusion of the spinal discs … After all, he is tall – more than 182 cm, not thin, and age (68 years old) is most vulnerable to such diseases, “says Erina .
Regarding the bandage on the hand, the doctor drew attention to the fact that it fixes the thumb: “Maybe it’s a sprain or tendon damage. But if you look closely at his nails, then the deformations of the nail plate may indicate psoriasis.” And with this disease, according to the doctor, there may be psoriatic arthritis. One of its manifestations is definitely the defeat of the interphalangeal joints of the first fingers of the hands.
Source: korrespondent
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