The Ukrainian online newspaper Obozrevatel refers to anonymous intelligence sources and writes that the state of health of Ramzan Kadyrov should be deteriorating. It is claimed that the Chechen leader is lying in a coma in a hospital in Moscow, and that it may be due to kidney problems. – Rumors that Kadyrov is struggling with serious health problems have been around for a long time, says Inna Sangadzhieva of the Norwegian Helsinki Committee to news. But she emphasizes that nothing has been confirmed, and that it is unclear how the Chechen leader actually feels. New video But yesterday, two video clips featuring the Chechen leader were posted on the Telegram messaging service. The intention is presumably to dampen speculation about his health problems. In one, he walks around in a rain jacket. In the second, Kadyrov speaks Chechen and then says in Russian that you should train. A video purports to show Chechnya’s leader Ramzan Kadyrov walking in the rain, while there are rumors that he is in a coma. – I strongly encourage everyone who cannot distinguish truth from lies on the internet to go for a walk, get some fresh air and collect their thoughts, read a written message that was posted together with the video. Kadyrov’s face looks swollen. It is not possible to know when the videos were made. Sangadzhieva points out that what is going on now is an information war, and that the Russian authorities want to send out a message that they are in control. President Vladimir Putin’s spokesperson says today that he has no information about the messages on social media about the 46-year-old’s state of health. – Can become unstable In the Western media, Kadyrov has been referred to as “Putin’s bloodhound”. LOYAL: Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov in a meeting with President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. Photo: ALEXEY NIKOLSKY He has been loyal to the Russian president and secured the Kremlin’s control over Chechnya after the bloody civil war there around the turn of the millennium. Kadyrov has been allowed to rule the Russian republic without much interference from Moscow. UNCERTAIN: Inna Sangadzhieva in the Norwegian Helsinki Committee Rumors about Kadyrov’s ill health have been circulating for a long time. Photo: The Norwegian Helsinki Committee for Human Rights Organizations says that Kadyrov introduced a brutal and repressive regime. Human Rights Watch wrote in 2021 that there have been shocking cases of torture, disappearances and extrajudicial killings in the region, and that it has never been effectively investigated. – Kadyrov has received very large sums of money from Moscow. If he is gone, it may be difficult to fill his shoes. There could be instability again in Chechnya, says Inna Sangadzhieva. She believes that the silence on the part of the Russian authorities may come from the fact that they need time to find out what to do next in Chechnya.
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Chechnya’s leader Ramzan Kadyrov is said to be ill – news Urix – Foreign news and documentaries
