Belarus President Rushed To Hospital After Closed-Door Meeting With Putin

Belarus president Alexander Lukashenko was urgently rushed to hospital and is in a critical condition following a closed door meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

"According to preliminary information, subject to further confirmation, Lukashenko was urgently transported to Moscow's Central Clinical Hospital after his closed-door meeting with Putin. Currently, he remains under medical care there," , Belarus's opposition leader Valery Tsepkalo said.

The Belarus president remains under the care of leading specialists to address his critical condition. Blood purification procedures have been conducted, reports said.

The condition of Lukashenko remains non-transportable, he also informed.

"The orchestrated efforts to save the Belarusian dictator are aimed to dispel speculations regarding Kremlin's alleged involvement in his poisoning," Valery also said.

There have been rumours around Lukashenko's health for quite sometime now. Earlier this month the Belarus president left Russia soon after the Victory Day Parade in Moscow. He skipped lunch with Putin. He looked visibly tired and that his right hand was in a bandage, several media outlets had reported.

He later dismissed the rumours and said that he is not going to die. "You will have to struggle with me for a long time," he also said.

Lukashenko, according to media reports was sugaring from an adenovirus, a common cold virus. "If someone thinks I am going to die, then calm down," he had said.