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DJ Synikus Makisimus

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Mon Apr 22, 2024, 03:29 PM Apr 22

Chechen leader Kadyrov suffering from pancreatic necrosis, says Russian media outlet [View all]

Source: Ukrainska Pravda

The Russian socio-political newspaper Novaya Gazeta Europe has reported that Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov is seriously ill with pancreatic necrosis with no hope of recovery.

Kadyrov is sick, and the Kremlin faces a serious problem: how to painlessly prepare Russia’s most troublesome region for a change of power that may occur very soon."

In October, Kadyrov disappeared from the public eye, with anonymous Telegram channels reporting that the Chechen leader was in poor health, possibly due to him having been poisoned.

The newspaper said Kadyrov underwent an MRI scan of his brain last September, which showed that the disease was severely affecting him.


Read more: https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2024/04/22/7452371/



It seems that Kadyrov suffers from a variety of afflictions, some self-induced, but his overall condition has been deteriorating drastically of late. There's been an upsurge of reporting on him today for some reason. While a Google search will give you dozens of links, here are two more as examples:

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/04/22/chechnyas-kadyrov-suffering-from-pancreatic-necrosis-novaya-europe-a84923/pdf

https://www.newsweek.com/ramzan-kadyrov-diagnosis-health-rumors-relatives-1892763

If you've been lucky enough to completely forget who Kadyrov is, here's a refresher course from an old "Last Week Tonight" clip with John Oliver that also gives you some "before" photos to contrast with more recent ones:
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