Kadyrov appeared publicly amid emerging reports about the search for his possible successors. The Chechen leader has serious health problems and suffers from kidney failure. His health condition was said to have seriously deteriorated, to such an extent that at the end of December 2025 he was admitted to a hospital in Moscow.
At the beginning of January, Kadyrov was in hospital and the media, citing information from sources, began to report that the Kremlin was considering possible options for replacing the Chechen leader.
Why did Kadyrov appear in the Kremlin?
What did Kadyrov say about the peace negotiations?
What health problems does Kadyrov have?
When was Kadyrov hospitalized in Moscow?
Kadyrov showed up in the Kremlin
On Thursday, January 29, Russian media reported that the dictator appeared at the Kremlin, where he joined the Russian delegation at a meeting between Russian leader Vladimir Putin and the President of the United Arab Emirates, Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
In turn, a recording appeared on Russian social media in which Kadyrov states that he is against conducting peace negotiations aimed at ending the Russian war in Ukraine.
— I believe that the war must come to an end. Negotiations after everything that happened? I am against negotiations – he says, immortalized in a recording published by the Russian channel “You Listened to Mayak” on Telegram.
