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Rachel Hagan

Belarus president 'rushed to hospital' minutes after holding meeting with Putin

Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenko has been taken to hospital in Moscow and now is in critical condition after meeting Vladimir Putin, it has been reported.

The news was reported on Twitter by Lukashenko's opponent Valery Tsepkalo, the former candidate for the presidency of the country and former ambassador to the United States.

"According to the information we have, which needs additional confirmation, Lukashenko, after meeting with Putin behind closed doors, was urgently taken to the Central Clinical Hospital of Moscow, where he is now located", Tsepkalo wrote.

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