In three days, the head of Chechnya has stated three times that he is experiencing no health problems and dismissed reports that he needs medical attention as fakes.
As reported by the “Caucasian Knot,” in a video with the Minister of National Policy on January 3, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov declared his “fighting spirit” and blamed “Satanists”* for spreading reports of his emergency hospitalization.
Today, Chechen leader Kadyrov went live on social media from the mountain village of Benoy.
During the broadcast, Kadyrov said that he feels well and has no health problems, reports “Chechnya Today.” “I swear by the Almighty, my kidneys, liver, spleen, and stomach don’t hurt,” Kadyrov declared, noting that he has “enough strength,” according to Chechnya Today. In a video from January 13, published on the Grozny State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company’s Instagram page*, Kadyrov is seen driving a car through the city. “I forgot to say that I’m not in the hospital. The security services (referring to the Ukrainian ones – note from the “Caucasian Knot”) are doing a very poor job. “And therefore…,” Kadyrov pauses.
“They don’t work at all, they’re just sleeping,” says Idris Cherkhigov, head of the Chechen State Traffic Safety Inspectorate.
On January 12, Kadyrov published a video of a meeting with government officials on his Telegram channel. During his speech, he denied yet another round of rumors about his health. “We must step up our efforts to counter the fake information spreading online. They say my kidneys are failing, that I’m in the hospital, and that doctors have been brought in from a private clinic in Moscow,” Chechnya Today quotes a translation of his words.
According to him, such reports continue to appear despite his public appearances. “Seeing me on TV and social media, they still continue to claim that I’m unwell and dying,” the Head of the Republic added.
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* The Supreme Court of the Russian Federation has recognized the “International Movement of Satanism” as extremist and banned its activities.
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