Putin’s ruthless Chechen warlord pal Kadyrov ‘is in a coma and family members are flocking to his side’

While rumors are circulating today about the health of Vladimir Putin’s ally and feared warlord Ramzan Kadyrov, there are also allegations that the Chechen dictator is seriously ill and is receiving urgent treatment.

While it was reported that the 49-year-old president of Russia’s Republic of Chechnya suffered from kidney failure, it was stated that doctors refrained from making definitive predictions about his condition.

While Kadyrov undergoes dialysis at a private clinic in Chechnya, members of his powerful clan, including relatives from abroad, gather around him, according to the Interfax-Ukraine news agency.

Sources linked to Ukraine’s GUR military intelligence claim that concerns are growing behind the scenes, while an unconfirmed report even suggests that Kadyrov has fallen into a coma.

These speculations were fueled by the fact that he was last seen in public using a cane more than a week ago.

GUR claimed that the process of selecting Kadyrov’s successor (a decision that ultimately rested with Putin) had ‘intensified’, although there was no official reaction from Moscow or Grozny.

Kadyrov, who sent tens of thousands of soldiers to support Putin’s war in Ukraine, recently appointed his eldest son, 20-year-old Akhmat, as deputy prime minister; this is widely seen as paving the way for a possible succession.

It has been reported that the 49-year-old leader of Russia’s Republic of Chechnya is suffering from kidney failure. Photo taken with Putin

Kremlin commander Major General Apti Alaudinov, 52. Pictured with Ramzan Kadyrov

Akhmat Kadyrov, the 20-year-old eldest son of warlord Ramzan Kadyrov, poses with Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Russia, in March 2023.

However, the ruthless and eccentric leader, a ‘human rights violator’ and one of the most sanctioned politicians on the planet, is believed to prefer his ‘favourite son’, 18-year-old Adam, who is also his security chief.

It is not yet clear whether Putin will accept such an arrangement.

Kadyrov, a multimillionaire, has filled Chechnya’s government with relatives, including many of his 15 children from his three now polygamous wives.

Two other names are said to be in the frame as potential successors: Major General Apti Alaudinov, a 52-year-old combat commander who is considered trusted by the Kremlin, and Chechen parliament speaker Magomed Daudov, 45.

Last month, a visibly ill Kadyrov appeared to imply that he expected to die young.

‘If you listen to the rumors, I won’t live to old age,’ he said.

‘Yes, I don’t want to live to old age. I want to die while everyone loves and respects me. And [remembers me] ‘This is how it is after my death.’

Kadyrov has long claimed to have brought peace to his war-torn region, but critics say that stability has come at the cost of violent repression and widespread human rights abuses, leading to sweeping Western sanctions.

For years, reports had suggested that he was ‘terminally ill’ and suffering from pancreatic necrosis and kidney problems. He often appeared to have difficulty walking and speaking, and his weight fluctuated dramatically.

Opposition figure Mikhail Khodorkovsky claimed that Kadyrov was ‘negotiating with Arab sheikhs about the safe evacuation of his family and the security of his assets’ if Putin did not allow him to take over power in Chechnya.

The increasingly weakened warlord is also said to distrust doctors in Moscow and has previously claimed he was ‘poisoned’.