Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko did not attend the celebration of the country’s Flag Day, coat of arms and anthem. The event was broadcast by the channel Satellite TV.
On the website of the President of Belarus published While presenting his congratulations, Lukashenko’s speech at the ceremony was read by Prime Minister Roman Golovchenko.
Lukashenka has not taken part in public events since the May 9 celebrations in Moscow and Minsk. At the unofficial breakfast of the leaders of the CIS, held in the Kremlin after the Victory Parade in the Russian capital, the press secretary of the then President of the Russian Federation, Dmitry Peskov, was also absent. announced his absence leaves for events in Minsk.
Belarusian edition of Nasha Niva on May 13, citing a source reportedThat the Belarusian president stopped appearing in public because he had the flu. According to the source, a version about the virus is spreading in the nomenklatura circles of the Belarusian president.