Media: Kadyrov's Disease Is Progressing
- 5.05.2025, 14:17
Chechnya's ruler is preparing a successor.
The health condition of Chechnya's ruler Ramzan Kadyrov is deteriorating. He has activated the process of transferring power. According to Novaya Gazeta Europe, Kadyrov accepted the doctors' diagnosis and began preparing his successor: he is strengthening the positions of his children and loyal clans.
In 2023, Kadyrov's condition stabilized, but in early 2024 he did not go on his usual trip to Moscow, instead being hospitalized in a private clinic called Aymed, owned by his wife. To cover this up, Kadyrov's PR people organized a demonstration trip to the construction of the Putin microdistrict.
After a brief appearance in public, he disappeared again. Since February, Kadyrov has been spending a lot of time in Aimedi, rarely appearing in public and traveling only by ambulance helicopter. His public activity has been reduced to posts on social networks, and the functions of the leader are performed by Prime Minister Magomed Daudov.
A key signal of the changes was the unexpected resignation of his daughter Aishat from the post of deputy prime minister. Together with her, two more daughters - Khutmat and Khadijat - left the civil service. At the same time, the re-registration of business assets to relatives began.
Journalists believe that the reason is preparation for business control outside the civil service law, which prohibits officials from engaging in entrepreneurship.
Kadyrov has 14 children, but the focus is on Aishat and 17-year-old Adam. It is Adam who is seen as the successor. Kadyrov's main task now is to keep the family in control of the security services and business, securing guarantees from Putin.
"Novaya Gazeta Europe" released a major investigation into Kadyrov's health on April 22: according to journalists, he was diagnosed with pancreatic necrosis as early as 2019, and his condition began to seriously deteriorate after 2022. The investigation also claimed that in 2023, the Russian authorities launched a PR campaign to show that Kadyrov was fine.