The Daily Populous Sunday January 11st, 2026 evening edition
Authored by pravda.com.ua and submitted by ElectronicValley

Media outlets have reported, citing sources in Defence Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU), that the health of Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov has deteriorated and he is undergoing dialysis due to kidney failure.

Source: DIU sources, as reported by Interfax-Ukraine and Ukrinform

Details: According to Defence Intelligence sources, Kadyrov is apparently in his private hospital in Chechnya, where family members have gathered, including some who have travelled from abroad.

Quote from DIU: "With Ramzan Kadyrov now standing at the entrance to Iosif Kobzon's concert hall, the process of identifying the candidate who will become the new leader of Chechnya has intensified." [Iosif Kobzon was a famous Russian singer and staunch supporter of the Kremlin who died in 2018. In Russian and Ukrainian political slang, "going to a Kobzon concert" is a sarcastic way of saying that someone has died or is close to death, implying they are about to join Kobzon in the afterlife – ed.]

DIU has previously reported on the deterioration or terminal condition of Kadyrov's health, including in official statements.

On 15 September 2023, DIU representative Andrii Yusov said that Kadyrov was in a very serious condition .

Two days later, a personal video of Kadyrov appeared on social media.

LightBringer81 on January 11st, 2026 at 12:30 UTC »

We are all very sad ... because it didn't happen earlier.

Arkie1927 on January 11st, 2026 at 12:29 UTC »

Hopefully he is dead

SmugCapybara on January 11st, 2026 at 12:22 UTC »

In related news, scientists have discovered a subatomic violin that started playing roughly around the time the news of Kadyrov's kidney failure broke.