Belarusian President, after physical, says he is healthy

25/8/2025 6:22

Veteran Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, a close ally of Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin, said on Sunday that he had undergone the first physical of his life and was found to be in good health.



Questions have periodically been raised about Lukashenko's health in the past few years



"Recently, for the first time in my life, I underwent a complete physical over two days," Lukashenko, 70, told journalists on Belarusian television in comments posted on his Pul Pervogo Telegram channel.



Doubts about his health intensified during a visit to Moscow in 2023 on the anniversary of the 1945 Soviet victory over Nazi Germany during which he missed events, appeared unsteady and failed to make an address.



Lukashenko said even intelligence services from nations friendly to Belarus had inquired about his health.