moscow russia belarusian president alexander lukashenko was taken to a hospital in moscow after meeting his russian counterpart vladimir putin newsweek reported citing the belarusian opposition leaderclaiming that lukashenko was in critical condition at the central clinical hospital of moscow belarus 2020 presidential candidate valery tsepkalo in a saturday telegram post said that the information his team obtained required further information and that it had not been confirmed american weekly news magazine newsweek reportedaccording to the information we have which requires additional confirmation lukashenko after a meeting with putin behind closed doors was urgently taken to the central clinical hospital of moscow where he is currently staying tsepkalo said in a telegram postthe best specialists were sent to return him lukashenko from a condition assessed by doctors as critical he addedtsepkalos message on telegram further said the organized measures to rescue the belarusian dictator were aimed at averting speculation about the possible involvement of the kremlin in his poisoning he said that doctors have warned of a possible recurrence of relapses as per the news reportaccording to the newsweek rumours around lukashenkos health have been doing the rounds in the weeks after his appearance at the victory day celebration in moscows red square on may 9 however lukashenko who has led belarus since 1994 dismissed the rumours and said im not going to die guyslast week russia signed a deal with the lukashenko government to formalise the deployment of tactical nuclear missiles in belarus the russian news agency tass reportedthe defence ministers of russia and belarus signed the documents defining the procedures for storing russian nuclear weapons at a special facility on belarusian territory the belarusian defense ministry reportedduring the meeting documents determining the procedure for keeping russian nonstrategic nuclear weapons in a special storage facility on the territory of the republic of belarus were signed the ministrys press service saidthe measures taken by russia and belarus comply with all existing international legal obligations it stressed the defence ministers discussed the current military and political situation and issues of military and technical cooperation between the two countries ani