Putin Ally Ramzan Kadyrov Responds To Health Rumors

Putin Ally Ramzan Kadyrov Responds To Health Rumors

Ramzan Kadyrov, the head of Russia's Chechen Republic, has responded to rumors that he is gravely ill with severe kidney problems.

Kadyrov, a staunch ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, shut down the rumors in a statement on his Telegram channel on Wednesday.

Earlier this month, Kazakh journalist Azamat Maytanov, citing his own sources, said that Kadyrov might be terminally ill and that Dr. Yassin Ibrahim El-Shahat, the head of the department of Nephrology at Burjeel Hospital in Abu Dhabi, had arrived in Grozny, the capital city of Chechnya, to treat him.