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Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov's 15-year-old son, who was shown beating a prisoner in custody this year, has been appointed to a senior role in his father's bodyguard, top Chechen security officials said on Sunday. Allies of the Chechen leader heaped praise on Adam Kadyrov, who turns 16 this month, for his courage and congratulated him on his appointment. In September, the younger Kadyrov drew broad condemnation, including from some pro-Kremlin hardliners, after his father posted a social media video in which Adam is seen punching and kicking a prisoner accused of burning the Koran. ....
Kremlin via ReutersA day after Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov bizarrely published a video of his 15-year-old son beating up a man in police custody to show how “proud” he was of the teen, the Kremlin has preemptively sought to shut down any talk of the scandal.Dmitry Peskov, Vladimir Putin’s official spokesperson, told reporters at a briefing on Tuesday, before even being asked about the controversy: “I will not comment on the story with Kadyrov’s son.” When asked to clarify why he was refusing t ....
But a video posted on Kadyrov's Telegram channel showed him sitting at the bedside of a man said to be "our dear UNCLE Magomed Abdulkhamidovich Kadyrov" and kissing him on the hand and head. "Praise be to the Almighty, I am alive and well and I don’t understand at all why there should be a fuss even in the case of my illness?" read the posting, purportedly written by Kadyrov himself. Spokespeople for the Chechen leader did not answer repeated phone calls earlier in the week seeking comment on the reports that he was ill. ....
Last Friday, rumours swirled that pro-Kremlin leader Ramzan Kadyrov had been taken ill after complicated kidney surgery. Later that day, a Chechen journalist wrote ominously: Kadyrov died. ....
“There is information that war criminal Kadyrov is in a serious condition — existing illnesses have worsened and caused such a serious condition,” Yusov said. ....