Rumors about the critical state of health of Ramzan Kadyrov and about the organization of the succession in Grozny intensify, after the Chechen president did not attend Putin’s address to the nation on 21 February and that a few days later, on 3 March, the Russian president welcomed his 17-year-old son Akhmad (who shares the same name as his grandfather, the pro-independence activist who later joined the Russians) into the Kremlin accompanied by Kremlin climate adviser Ruslan Edelgeriyev. Many associated the episode with when in 2004 Putin received, shortly after the assassination of Akhmad Kadyrov, Ramzan Kadyrov. Last September, nephew Akhmad Kadyrov was appointed assistant to the Chechen president and then chairman of the Chechen branch of Putin’s organization «Movement of Firsts».
According to Bild, Kadyrov’s father suffers from a serious kidney problem. A nephrologist was reportedly sent from Abu Dhabi to treat him. Another theory reported by the blogs speaks of Kadyrov being poisoned, in the wake of a tradition for the truth inaugurated in Chechnya long before that against Aleksei Navalny. But on March 13 Kadyrov flew to Moscow to meet Putin to silence the rumors: “I am sorry to disappoint those who are amusing themselves with the hope that I am an incurable disease,” he said at the time.
A few years ago, sources in Kadyrov’s circle told Novaya Gazeta about the president’s illness with a 30% death rate. Since last June, there has been a rapid deterioration of the pathology. Which, according to Russian newspaper sources, can lead to excruciating pain that prevents sleep and is not treatable even with the strongest painkillers, and malfunctioning of the kidneys and lungs. Kadyrov’s activity has noticeably decreased. Last June, Kadyrov’s three sons, Akhmad, Adam and Zelimkan, began attending government meetings and visits to the republic, reported by local media, and were also deployed to war zones in Ukraine.
Source: IL Tempo
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