According to a source in his entourage, Kadyrov was given a new diagnosis in September, which came as a severe blow to his entire family and patronage network, all of whom owe their rank and impunity to Kadyrov remaining the sole power holder in the republic.
Earlier this month, Kadyrov married off two of his sons amid great secrecy. But why was the head of Chechnya in such a rush that at least three of the four newlyweds were minors?
In contrast to the magnificent wedding laid on for eldest son Akhmat in March last year, the wedding celebrations of Kadyrov’s second and third sons, 17-year-old Eli and 16-year-old Adam, went ahead on 8 June amid unprecedented secrecy, sources have told Novaya Europe.
Kadyrov’s security service managed to ensure news of the weddings didn’t leak, and it was left to Kadyrov himself to announce Eli’s wedding in a Telegram post, in which he boasted that Eli had met with Vladimir Putin on the eve of the wedding, but didn’t even mention the wedding of his third son, Adam.