The leader of Chechnya, Ramzan Kadyrov, a loyal ally of Vladimir Putin, published a video on Sunday, about which it is not known when it was recorded, in which he qualifies as “lies” rumors about his deteriorating health, AFP reports. This was reported by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) in recent days. The Chechen leader is in a difficult condition.

Ramzan KadyrovPhoto: east2west news / WillWest News / Profimedia

On Friday, the Ukrainian press, citing sources in the Chechen diaspora and confirmed to Obozrevatel by Ukrainian special services, reported that Ramzan Kadyrov, a supporter of the Russian offensive on Ukraine, is in a coma in a “serious condition.” fell ill, but AFP could not independently verify the information.

“I strongly advise everyone who cannot distinguish truth from lies on the Internet to take a deep breath and get their thoughts in order,” Ramzan Kadyrov wrote on Sunday in a message accompanying a short video.

Smiling, he looked at the car, his face still visibly swollen.

AFP could not independently say when the video was taken.

“The rain is wonderfully refreshing,” the Chechen leader, who is wearing a hood and walking down the alley in the video, added in writing.

There has been no official word from the Kremlin on the health of Kadyrov, who has been in power since 2007 in Chechnya, a small Muslim-majority Russian republic.

Assumptions about Kadyrov’s poor health since the beginning of the year

The information appeared after several publications wrote that the leader of Chechnya allegedly buried the country’s deputy prime minister, former health minister Elkhan Suleimanov, alive because he suspected that he was poisoning him.

In March, there were many assumptions about Kadyrov’s health.

Information appeared on social networks and Telegram that Kadyrov was poisoned or suffering from an incurable disease, and the leader of Chechnya had to deny the rumors.

“I am sorry to disappoint those who hope that I am terminally ill. I am healthy and full of strength! As before, I do sports, go to the mountains, go on hikes and solve problems important for the development of the republic,” he said. Kadyrov.