Chechen leader Kadyrov suffers from pancreatic necrosis, Russian media say
Pravda Ukraine
Novaya Gazeta Europe, a Russian socio-political newspaper, has reported that Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov is gravely ill, suffering from pancreatic cystic disease, leaving him with no hope of recovery. (The Chechen Republic, also known as Chechnya, is a federal subject of the Russian Federation; the Ukrainian parliament has recognised it as the temporarily Russian-occupied territory of the Chechen Republic of Ichkeria – ed.)
Source: Novaya Gazeta Europe
Quote: “The health of the Chechen leader has been a matter of concern for a year now. The fact that Kadyrov is ill has been officially denied, first and foremost, by him and his entourage.
Yet some things cannot be concealed, namely the striking changes in the Chechen leader’s appearance, behaviour and work schedule.
Kadyrov is sick, and the Kremlin faces a significant problem: how to painlessly prepare the most trouble-causing region of Russia for a change of power that may occur very soon.”
Details: The newspaper said Kadyrov was first diagnosed with pancreatic necrosis in January 2019. Back then, the Chechen leader made no secret of the fact that he was forced to take a leave of absence due to being “temporarily unfit for work”. He claimed to be slightly unwell, suffering from a fever and flu, to treat which he was, for some reason, “given drips for just two days”, as Kadyrov himself explained.
Novaya Gazeta highlights that the treatment of a common cold using drips caused bewilderment among many people, which turned into “persistent suspicion” in the autumn of 2019.
In October, Kadyrov disappeared from the public eye, and anonymous Telegram channels reported that the Chechen leader’s health was in poor condition, possibly due to him being poisoned.
On his Instagram page, Akhmed Dudaev, an aide to the Chechen leader, promptly denied that the latter had been poisoned. He said, “Kadyrov is an ordinary person who can get sick, bruised, catch the flu, etc.”
The newspaper noted that few people paid attention to the fact that Kadyrov had lost much weight in 2019. Novaya Gazeta pointed out that it is precisely the sharp weight loss that is the first symptom of actively developing pancreatic necrosis. This disease is grave: it causes severe pain, is difficult to treat and has a high mortality rate.
It is reported that Kadyrov has been undergoing regular procedures, including surgical ones, at the Central Clinical Hospital of the Russian Presidential Administration at least twice a year since 2019.
Kadyrov’s health began to deteriorate sharply in the spring of 2022, but this issue only became a trending topic last year.
“Even the most inattentive observer would not fail to notice how, as a result of kidney failure and fluid stagnation in the lungs (the consequences of the underlying disease), Kadyrov had grown in size by 1.5 times. The shape of his abdomen acquired all the signs of pancreatogenic ascites; he developed terrible shortness of breath, had difficulty speaking, walked slowly, and dressed too warm for the Chechen climate,” the newspaper said.
At that time, Kadyrov was disappearing from public space at the most inopportune moments. The newspaper said Kadyrov was admitted to intensive care in September.
Novaya Gazeta sources say the Chechen leader had been admitted to hospital with acute pulmonary failure, which developed as a result of an overdose of the tranquilliser Dormicum. This powerful sedative is commonly used to calm patients before surgery. Kadyrov was reportedly taking it because he was suffering from severe pain, insomnia and increased anxiety.
For the purpose of stabilising his respiratory function, Kadyrov was plugged in to a ventilator and put into a medically induced sleep, or in other words, a “medically induced coma”.
The newspaper noted that Kadyrov underwent an MRI scan of his brain last September, which showed that the disease was severely affecting him.
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