{"id":1343060,"date":"2026-01-11T13:42:38","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T11:42:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/kadyrovs-kidneys-fail-the-kremlin-is-looking-for-a-replacement-for-the-head-of-chechnya\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T13:42:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T11:42:38","slug":"kadyrovs-kidneys-fail-the-kremlin-is-looking-for-a-replacement-for-the-head-of-chechnya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/kadyrovs-kidneys-fail-the-kremlin-is-looking-for-a-replacement-for-the-head-of-chechnya\/","title":{"rendered":"Kadyrov’s kidneys fail: The Kremlin is looking for a replacement for the head of Chechnya."},"content":{"rendered":"

The health of Chechen Republic leader Ramzan Kadyrov has significantly worsened due to kidney failure, prompting the Kremlin to begin discussing potential candidates for his position.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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This was reported by a source at the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine to Ukrinform<\/a> .<\/p>\n

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According to available information, Kadyrov is undergoing dialysis, but doctors are not giving any prognosis for his condition. He is reportedly being treated at his own hospital in Chechnya, where members of his family, including those from abroad, have gathered.<\/p>\n

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With the Chechen leader’s health in critical condition, the search for his potential successor has intensified significantly. According to sources at the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, Magomed Daudov, Apti Alaudinov, and Ramzan Kadyrov’s eldest son, Akhmat Kadyrov, are among the most likely and acceptable candidates for the Kremlin.<\/p>\n

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Earlier, Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov appointed<\/a> his eldest son, Akhmat, as acting deputy head of the regional government, while also retaining his position as Minister of Sports. <\/p>\n

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The health of Chechen Republic leader Ramzan Kadyrov has significantly worsened due to kidney failure, prompting the Kremlin to begin discussing potential candidates for his position. This was reported by a source at the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine to Ukrinform . According to available information, Kadyrov is undergoing dialysis, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":937391,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76872,76874,76875],"class_list":["post-1343060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-war","category-other-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1343060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1343060"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1343060\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/937391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1343060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1343060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}